Why Carp Jump

Carp and many other species of fish can regularly be seen jumping in ponds and lakes.  Often an angler assumes that jumping fish are hungry fish.

Sometimes this is true and sometimes it's not.  The fact that they are jumping has nothing to do with hunger.  Carp and many other fish species jump to remove parasites from their bodies.

Now don't get me wrong, the fact that the carp is active enough to jump provides some hope that it's active enough to do other things ... like feed.

However, If carp aren't feeding ... then they're just not feeding.  There are no guarantees.  I've been skunked more than once with fish jumping like Richard Simmons was leading an aerobics class.