11-10-2010, 07:12 AM
There are quite a few Carp below Gem Lake Dam. All I've caught were a few planter rainbows, but I did see one around 4 ft long swimming along the surface. I've been back several times to try for a carp, partially because I think it would be fun, and because I think I'd like to try cooking one.
I'm surprised how big carp fishing is as a sport in europe, and while we consider it a trash fish, there are a few recipes that might not be too bad.
They deffinitely need to be thinned out most places though. Someone was telling a story about fishing on the snake (maybe it was on here). He had a pretty big pile of Carp behind him on the bank when Fish and Game walked up and told him he wished more people would do that. The officer cut open one of the carp and they have roughly 300,000 eggs compared to 2,000 or so for the brown trout, I assume other trout species are the same.
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I'm surprised how big carp fishing is as a sport in europe, and while we consider it a trash fish, there are a few recipes that might not be too bad.
They deffinitely need to be thinned out most places though. Someone was telling a story about fishing on the snake (maybe it was on here). He had a pretty big pile of Carp behind him on the bank when Fish and Game walked up and told him he wished more people would do that. The officer cut open one of the carp and they have roughly 300,000 eggs compared to 2,000 or so for the brown trout, I assume other trout species are the same.
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