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Yep i bow fish at the same spot. There all overI grew up in souther Illinois and we used to eat carp a lot. just use the meat from the fillet and don't eat the belly meat. You will find that it doesn't have a lot of flavor and will need to be spiced up a bit. They are bottom feeders so many people won't eat them. Hey, you can't live forever you know. As far as catch and release, just kill em. nobody wants extra carp. and you can't kill them all trust me we tried back in Illinois it can't be done.
My son just got a bow and he is interested in bow fishing. Do you think the Long tom would be a good place for that?
Dude, I just gave you a rep point and more if I could for disclosing the gospel truth in the ease of catching these fish. And some say they're smartIve been carp fishing the last few days (giving the bass around my area a break) and ive been reading what you all write on here, but my experiences have been different. Its almost to easy, they eat anything i throw at em. Worms, corn, bread, even gulp alive. I catch one almost as soon as it hits the bottom. Caught 30-40 fish in 4 hours today. A couple around 20lbs. Dont know if i should kill em or what to do with em. They probably taste like butt?
Pics pics got any pics!!!
Crazy russian people, i wouldnt eat carp. Haha
Carp are widely considered the most eaten fish in the world. I have never tried one and despite being an avid carp on the fly guy the prejudice runs deep with me as well...so I probably won't eat one anytime soon either.
As for carp being "stupid" and easy to catch...simply not true. Infisherman did an article years ago with some studies that had carp "learning" twice as fast as bass. Another British study I read in a carp book showed that carp fed (and hooked) on specific bait foods would avoid that same food source for up to two months...crazy. I am not going to claim that carp are smart but they likely are "smarter" than most freshwater fish. Still...we are talking about fish.
As for the easy to catch i would say the same thing I said earlier. Try an artificial. Bait fishing by definition is relatively easy. What is more difficult...too FEED a fish, or to FOOL a fish. I am not disparaging any methods of fishing, I only mention it because you seem so intent on talking about how stupid and easy to catch carp are. I find them challenging, but I am using a totally different method.
Looking forward to some pictures.
I once ate a goldfish. It was terrible. I imagine carp to taste the same.