LabattBlue Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I heard them talking about this during an outdoors program on WGR this morning. So I poked around the Internet and found this article about it. Click on the video on the right hand side. http://www.citypages.com/databank/23/1132/article10627.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justice Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I heard them talking about this during an outdoors program on WGR this morning. So I poked around the Internet and found this article about it. Click on the video on the right hand side.http://www.citypages.com/databank/23/1132/article10627.asp 280609[/snapback] Man, that sucked, I kept waiting on one of those fishes to jump outta the water a smack that guy in the head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester43 Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 jesus that would hurt wouldn't it? is it possible that they taste good? i would never have eaten the slow-moving poop-eating behemoths that we used to pull out of the allegheny river when i was little, but then they sure couldn't move like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan in San Diego Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Where's the bass-o-matic when you need one ? That is too funny ! Let kids snag fish them with treble hooks and that will thin them out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Maybe fishermen should begin bringing baseball bats with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mead107 Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 no more buying fishing tackle , save a lot of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyDingo Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I hereby coin the phrase "Kamikaze Carp". Anybody wishing to use this phrase is welcome to-- leave a nickel in the jar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britbillsfan Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 jesus that would hurt wouldn't it? is it possible that they taste good? i would never have eaten the slow-moving poop-eating behemoths that we used to pull out of the allegheny river when i was little, but then they sure couldn't move like that. 280660[/snapback] Carp are a fine delicacy if properly prepared. You would first have to get a live one and keep it in some good, clear water rather than the murky rubbish they prefer for about a week and then the muddy taste normally associated with them is gone, leaving a fine food fish behind.......hmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyDingo Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Carp are a fine delicacy if properly prepared. You would first have to get a live one and keep it in some good, clear water rather than the murky rubbish they prefer for about a week and then the muddy taste normally associated with them is gone, leaving a fine food fish behind.......hmmmmmm 280887[/snapback] I read that. Of course, snakes and bugs are delicacies if properly prepared, too. So are all kinds of internal organs, non-perishables, and synthetics no one with common sense would eat. I guess delicacy must be some fancy word for crap. I mean carp. Nevermind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Imagine going fishing with a football helmut and no tackle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbank Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 carp are threatening the great lakes , at present auothorities are wanting to put a electric fence in Lake Michigan to stop them from entering. Carp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 I didn't read the article. They must be talking about Asian carp? They have been making they way up the waterways from the south. Out here on the Illinois river they have a "electric" fence at Lemont, IL (north of Joliet, just below the SAG junction)... Supposely, it is suppose to shock them so they turn back from entering the Great Lakes eco-system. I remember back in '96 or so... The USGS was shocking fish in our lower pool below the controlling works (dam)... Some fish were weighing in 45-50 pounds... They couldn't believe the sizes. I still don't believe people eat them, THEY DO. The contaminents have to be intense on this stretch of the Calumet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Oh... Sometimes when they are spawning, the number of fish and size of them is intense. Water clarity is good with a lot of zebra mussel action. You can see the carp on the downside of the lower sector gates hovering around the leaking water from the chamber when the pit is high. It is amazing, you could literally gaff hundreds of them if you wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 Carp are a fine delicacy if properly prepared. You would first have to get a live one and keep it in some good, clear water rather than the murky rubbish they prefer for about a week and then the muddy taste normally associated with them is gone, leaving a fine food fish behind.......hmmmmmm 280887[/snapback] That is what I hear and have read. Removing the "mud vein" properly is critical? Aren't the ones they eat in Japan... Raised in pristine lakes, corn feed, what not? Here, in America, they started getting a bad "rap" almost 70 years ago. There are various reasons for that reputation. Many would proberly be right, socially and econmically. Man, I can get going on about a dozen "social" tangents. Only in America, BritBills! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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