Carp Info
Mike S. said:
1. What is a p****s?
2. Anyway, I can't say if they are good to eat or not. I've heard they aren't good and I've heard they are good "if prepared right"
3. But I usually kill them because they wreck pure havoc on bass, sunfish, catfish, and other more desirable fish, destroying spawning areas, churning up the water into a mess, and eating like pigs. There are so many of them that there is no chance they will be fished-out. In my view they are kinda in the varmit category. JMO.
1. icks
2. See the website posted. There are lots of them. Go for it, Skull!
3. The information provided lends credence to your observation. They can be destructive, even though they were introduced to control vegetation. Enjoy.
Although carp are generally considered a nuisance by North American anglers, they are highly prized as sportfish in Europe, as they are often excellent fighters. A growing number of anglers in the US are becoming interested in carp as a sportfish. Although flavor varies with the quality of the water from which fish were captured, their sheer abundance has made them an important food fish in some areas.
Although common carp was not introduced to North America for aquatic weed control, its foraging behavior results in vegetation removal both by direct consumption and by uprooting due to its proclivity to dig through substrate in search of food. The latter activity also results in increased water turbidity. The common carp is the most often cited nuisance introduced fish in North America (Kohler and Stanley 1984) with millions of dollars having been spent for control and eradication, but with little success (Laycock 1966; Courtenay and Robins 1973).
In China, Carp were the first fish to be bread for food with several domesticated verities emerging.
KOSHER FISH
Carps and minnows (Family Cyprinidae), Including: the carp, leather carp, mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio); Crucian carp (Carassius carassius); Goldfish (Carassius auratus); tench (Tinca tinca); Splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus); Squawfishes (Ptychocheilus species); Scramento backfish or hardhead (Orthodon microlepidotus); Freshwater breams (Abramis species, Blicca species
Izaak Walton - Author of "The Complete Angler" in 1653. writes: carp roe was in great demand by Jewish people in order to be made into caviar. The eggs of sturgeon were not admissible for kosher caviar because sturgeon are scaleless and, therefore, unclean.
For quite a few Carp recipes, visit:
http://www.idfishnhunt.com/eatcarp.htm
One more thing, it appears that in some parts of Australia/England, anglers are forbidden to return them to the water. Hence, good gardens!
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