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I started out intending to only watch a little while. I ended up watching the whole thing. 
I didn’t realize these carp jump

in the daylight. I thought it was only after dark if the fish saw lights on a boat. 

I am curious why our esteemed Federal Government hasn’t taken steps to eradicate this invasive species. I have my suspicions that maybe they put them there at the behest of Greenies to stop fisherman from wanting to go out in the rivers. 


 

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53 minutes ago, Alpo said:

Plow them into the garden. Fertilizer.

That's what we did with the salmon we caught as kids. 

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I was wondering if Silver Carp are edible. It turns out that they are and apparently do not taste bad at all, according to some. 
 

https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/eating-most-hated-fish-mississippi-invasive-asian-carp

 

https://realtree.com/fishing/articles/invasive-carp-are-delicious-heres-why-you-should-be-eating-them
 

^^^^^ People from opposing points of view agreeing on something. Amazing! 
 

When I went to Germany for my job in 2010 I was in Erlangen. There is a fish restaurant there that has been in business since 1725, I believe. It’s called Fischkuche Nutzel.

They serve White Fish and farm bred Carp. The photos led me to think the carp was white or silver carp. 
Anyway, when I placed my order I specifically said “I do not want carp. I will have the white fish.”

The waitress frowned and said “Our carp is very good. Why do Americans not want to eat it?”

”Carp is considered a dirty fish in the U.S.”

She left and returned with my order a half hour later. 
That was the best fish dinner I have ever had, and I have eaten a lot of fish in my lifetime. 
There was a piece of paper on the the tray that she brought my dinner on. I took it even though I couldn’t read it. 
When I got back to the states I found that paper and translated it. 
“gebackener Karpfen” = baked carp :blink::lol:

 

 

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Sheephead (freshwater drum) is also considered almost a "trash fish" here on the soggy south shore of Lake Erie.

My brother and his best friend didn't know that.

They drove up from the Ohio River latitude to fish in what the natives called the "Sweet Sea," caught several sheephead, filleted them out and turned them into a shoreline lunch, and pronounced them excellent.

I've had several folks tell me carp, properly prepared, is equally good.

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34 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:

Sheephead (freshwater drum) is also considered almost a "trash fish" here on the soggy south shore of Lake Erie

We got a fish down here called sheepshead - sheep's head - I wonder if it's the same. Us having that second s.

 

Don't know if they're edible - ain't never had one. But I have eaten every fish I ever caught - trash fish or not. They all taste like fish.

 

I guess I am not a gourmand.

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Common carp were introduced in the late 1800's.  how long do the new ones have to be here before they aren't 'invasive'?

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Wild hogs have been here since the early 1500s. They are still an invasive species.

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On 12/28/2024 at 5:34 PM, Pat Riot said:

I started out intending to only watch a little while. I ended up watching the whole thing. 
I didn’t realize these carp jump

in the daylight. I thought it was only after dark if the fish saw lights on a boat. 

I am curious why our esteemed Federal Government hasn’t taken steps to eradicate this invasive species. I have my suspicions that maybe they put them there at the behest of Greenies to stop fisherman from wanting to go out in the rivers. 


 

exactly how i approached this topic , and my thinking , but the inversion is too far gone at this point , 

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On 12/28/2024 at 8:49 PM, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said:

So... ya get yerself a bucket of these things... whaddaya do with 'em?  :huh:

 

Years ago my folks lived in Ninety Six(96), South Carolina. Dad joined an Archery Club and invited me to attend a bow fishing event for trash fish in the river below Lake Greenwood  Dam. Prizes for the biggest fish and the most fish taken. One member shot a big Carp. Fish taken were going to be left in the woods along the river bank for local fauna to consume. A fellow from “the states” as they called the northern states, asked what they intended to do with that fish. After hearing they intended to dump it in the woods, he offered to buy the Carp. They gave him the Carp for free. When Dad and I returned from our tramp in the woods the fellows all wanted me, another yank, to explain what the crazy northerner wanted with the trash fish. On their description of his appearance, very citified, I suggested Gefilte Fish. When I described what Gefilte Fish was they laughingly accused me making it up. I couldn’t convince them that anyone would eat that stuff. I said “Hey, you guys eat Chitlins.” That got a real laugh and grudging admission that I might not be pulling their leg. They were a friendly group who included me in the time honored tradition of busting each other for laughs.


Wikipedia 

Gefilte fish is a dish made from a poached mixture of ground deboned fish, such as carp, whitefish, or pike.

 

CJ

Edited by Cactus Jack Calder
Getting old, forgot the correct lake. My folks lived on several different lakes in their lifetime.
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Something I overlooked in my post above about the German restaurant selling carp was all the carp they prepared and sold there were farmed raised carp.

 

@Cactus Jack Calder

When I was in Navy “C” school for Mk 26 Guided Missile Launchers in Fridley, MN outside Minneapolis we fished in the Mississippi River. The water in the river there was very clear and clean. 
State law said that any carp caught in the river was not to be put back into the river. It had to be “disposed of”. We went to the DFG office to get clarification and were told “Just toss them into the woods or give them to a farmer for fertilizer.” So, that’s what we did. 
I seem to recall the fine being pretty heavy for returning the fish to water. I think that’s why we asked the DFG Officers about it. 
When I lived in PA before joining the Navy treating any fish to a sunbathing session was illegal. 

 

 

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