03-03-2012, 04:54 PM
This is an old post - not sure how I got here, but an interesting read.
There was a recent[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=719249;page=1"] carp-fly swap[/url] (some of ya'll were "in" on it!). I see cpierce posted the links to the carp fillet videos. I've talked to numbers of folks who have eaten them, and I might just have to throw some in the smoker.
I don't like the dumpster idea, because no-one's going to fund a daily pickup, and then it'll just stink.
Some of our lakes have cleaning stations with a grinder - are the carp too big and fat to fit?
I've fished by some of the farm-steads along the Bear/Cutler - and in speaking with the farmers - they ask for carp NOT to be tossed up on the bank, and can't say I blame them.
So what's wrong with puncturing the airsack, putting them out, and putting them down? They are a staple food source in most all the waters they prosper in. I believe that's a common practice with bow-fishers, but you want them to sink to the bottom, not just float the surface.
I've filleted several for cat-fishin-strips. Plus got into a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/Utah_Fishing_General_F58/gforum.cgi?post=724046;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread"]mess of carplings recently[/url]. You can be darn-tootin' they are prolific! This little irrigation puddle was swarming with carp minnows. Unreal! And I can be certain there are pockets of minnow schools ALL over just like it!
This was three dips of the cast net, and a cooler FULL. And I could have had 20 coolers and there would have still been a swarm of minnows - quite certain! Maybe if I had a big battery and could electroshock them!
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There was a recent[url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=719249;page=1"] carp-fly swap[/url] (some of ya'll were "in" on it!). I see cpierce posted the links to the carp fillet videos. I've talked to numbers of folks who have eaten them, and I might just have to throw some in the smoker.
I don't like the dumpster idea, because no-one's going to fund a daily pickup, and then it'll just stink.
Some of our lakes have cleaning stations with a grinder - are the carp too big and fat to fit?
I've fished by some of the farm-steads along the Bear/Cutler - and in speaking with the farmers - they ask for carp NOT to be tossed up on the bank, and can't say I blame them.
So what's wrong with puncturing the airsack, putting them out, and putting them down? They are a staple food source in most all the waters they prosper in. I believe that's a common practice with bow-fishers, but you want them to sink to the bottom, not just float the surface.
I've filleted several for cat-fishin-strips. Plus got into a [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/forum/Utah_Fishing_Forum_C55/Utah_Fishing_General_F58/gforum.cgi?post=724046;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;page=unread#unread"]mess of carplings recently[/url]. You can be darn-tootin' they are prolific! This little irrigation puddle was swarming with carp minnows. Unreal! And I can be certain there are pockets of minnow schools ALL over just like it!
This was three dips of the cast net, and a cooler FULL. And I could have had 20 coolers and there would have still been a swarm of minnows - quite certain! Maybe if I had a big battery and could electroshock them!
[inline CoolerLoad.jpg]