A previous generation of women would use wet paper to cover the eyes of the carp that lived in large numbers in the lake and grew to lengths over one meter, tricking them into thinking they were still in the water, and so letting the women give a still-bucking carp to friends or family in Taitung.
老一輩婦女常將濕紙覆蓋在大坡池盛產的一尺以上的新鮮鯉魚眼睛上，讓它誤以為還在水中，這樣的方法，可以使得鯉魚送達台東親友手中時還活蹦亂跳哩。