Tutira giant: Monster carp caught on a fly and released in Hawke s Bay lake
1 Feb, 2021 01:57 AM
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Ashley Perfect, centre, with the giant grass carp caught on a fly and released back into Lake Tutira. Photo / Supplied
Ashley Perfect, centre, with the giant grass carp caught on a fly and released back into Lake Tutira. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
A monster 1m grass carp is back lurking in Lake Tutira after being released by an angler who hadn t fished the lake for a decade because it stank.
Ashley Perfect, a 52-year-old Otaki College biology teacher, landed the carp in a 45-minute early-afternoon struggle while fishing with wife Jody and their children on January 21.