Ok like I have said before I do not throw back the carp I catch and now that I have started bowfishing I will be getting more. The problem is what to do with the all dead fish? right now they are going into next years garden but it is filling up so I started cutting it up for catfish bait and I have more than enough now. I am thinking maybe boiling it for cat and dog food. If I start trapping I could use it as bait. Any other ideas? IIRR I can give it away so maybe find someone else that can use it. Any other ideas?
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What to do with carp
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jmiller676
Master
I think you covered all that I would do with it.
If it bothers them that bad, there's always a questionably sanitized public pool.
Well, most good fishing holes aren't swimming holes...
+1. Fish poop/guts or human pee. Pick one.
Has it ever occurred to you to eat them? They're a common item on Chinese menus in China. I ate plenty of them when I lived there, cooked a variety of ways.
Chinese Fried Carp recipe - All recipes UK
Sichuan Crispy-Fried Carp Recipe - Crispy Fried Carp | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
Steamed carp recipe with spicy bean curd sauce | Red Online
A quick Google search will turn up hundreds of recipes for carp. I've always been partial to fish in brown sauce. Fried whole and served with that sauce? Yumm!
Fileting Fresh Carp - How to Filet and Cook Carp - Karpfen Preparation
Even shows up in German food. Americans are too damned picky and miss out of good stuff for bad reasons.
Chinese Fried Carp recipe - All recipes UK
Sichuan Crispy-Fried Carp Recipe - Crispy Fried Carp | Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
Steamed carp recipe with spicy bean curd sauce | Red Online
A quick Google search will turn up hundreds of recipes for carp. I've always been partial to fish in brown sauce. Fried whole and served with that sauce? Yumm!
Fileting Fresh Carp - How to Filet and Cook Carp - Karpfen Preparation
Even shows up in German food. Americans are too damned picky and miss out of good stuff for bad reasons.
scott delaney
Sharpshooter
- Nov 25, 2009
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YOU CAN EAT THEM!.....kinda tasty
leakywaders
Plinker
smoked carp is good eating!
Hoosierdood
Grandmaster
I'd argue, if you dont already have a good reason to catch (or in this case shoot) them, why? Its one thing to catch and release, but bowhunting negates the second part of that.
IMHO unless you have an overabundance of carp and are removing them to rebalance the ecosystem, shooting them just for S&G's is being a bad sport and bad steward of the environment.
But good for you for at least trying to find a use instead of simply leaving them on the bank when you get too many just because you can. I'll give you that.
IMHO unless you have an overabundance of carp and are removing them to rebalance the ecosystem, shooting them just for S&G's is being a bad sport and bad steward of the environment.
But good for you for at least trying to find a use instead of simply leaving them on the bank when you get too many just because you can. I'll give you that.
Asian carp is a massively invasive species. Catch and kill is a perfectly good purpose for them.
Yes. I agree, hence my caveat.
I think it would be more fun with an 1100 or a OU as you sit on the rear deck. who needs clays when you have these bad boys popping out of the water to shoot?
