carp pic

[NJ219bands]

Caught 5 commons to 31" and 11.25 lb and a mirror with my homemade corn meal bait in a lake in Central NJ yesterday evening.

[Eskimo]

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Do you eat them?

I tried carp once. It was awful.
The meat is dark like tuna, but tastes really fishy with a strange texture.
The fillets are full of long, needle-sharp pin bones that try to kill you when you eat the fillet.



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[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by Eskimo

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Do you eat them?

I tried carp once. It was awful.
The meat is dark like tuna, but tastes really fishy with a strange texture.
The fillets are full of long, needle-sharp pin bones that try to kill you when you eat the fillet.


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People from Eastern Europe like them.

[skippy]

Did you give them to some Eastern European people?

[NJ219bands]

Originally Posted by skippy

Did you give them to some Eastern European people?

Yes, plus Asians and Africans. Whenever I catch a carp now, a Chinese guy comes over to my spot and I give him the fish. I ate a carp that an African cooked and is was ok, not very good. It was bony and oily. When people catch and release carp, they make them impossible to catch again. Every year when I hook carp that were released, they immediately swim into a snag and steal my hook in a few seconds.

[catfishonthelake]

Originally Posted by NJ219bands

When people catch and release carp, they make them impossible to catch again. Every year when I hook carp that were released, they immediately swim into a snag and steal my hook in a few seconds.

This is the dumbest statement I've ever read on a message board. Congrats on an amazing accomplishment. I'm curious to know how you positively identify that you had previously caught the fish before they run you into a snag. Or do they tell you their names so you know it's the same one? Killing fish that you admittedly don't eat to save yourself a few hooks based on idiotic logic sets a horrible example for younger generations and could not be more poor sportsmanship.