A Strange Carp Tail

It's dark out, but you can clearly see
the hook and white artificial stuck
in the tail of this carp. It was snagged
while reeling in my bait. The hook 
was a small, #8!

 I had a real weird experience this evening while carp fishing. I had landed a couple of fish in the evening, and as the darkness was upon me, I decided to pack up and leave.  So, I went to reel in one outfit, and as I was about halfway in, I suddenly was stuck.  I thought I hit a snag, and I attempted to pull it out.  But, as I pulled, the snag pulled back, and I quickly realized I was onto a fish. Just as I was onto this fish, the other alarm went off.  I grabbed that rod also and was now fighting two fish at the same time.  Or, was it?  I thought maybe the first fish went into the other line.  In total darkness, it was hard to tell and both lines were in about the same spot. As I fought two fish (or one) and made some headway while getting the fish close to shore, I saw two distinct jumps right in front of me, and now I knew that I did have two fish.

I got one fish close to shore and quickly popped the hook out.  The other fish, though, continued to put up quite a battle.  Once near the shore, I realized something was wrong here as the fish was very difficult to reel in. When I got the carp close enough to see it, I realized I had snagged this fish in the tail. That was the fish that was hooked as I was reeling my bait ashore. My #8 hook just caught the fish in the tail.  What are the chances of that happening? It was a common about 10 lbs., and the hooked popped out quite easily and the fish was on his merry way. 

I've got to tell you that carp hooked in the tail put up quite a battle. The fight can be described as a tug-of-war. I really thought I had a much larger fish!