08-10-2013, 08:18 PM | #1 |
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I caught a small Walleye and a Carp
The Walleye was only about 7" or so. But the Carp I caught was probably 16"-18" and weighed 4-5 lbs.
I accidentally snagged him in the dorsal fin with a Rapala. That was quite a fight on a light rod with 4 lb test line. My cell phone takes fairly decent photos. This is how I figured that I could troll with the rod in the rod holder the best. Big old feller says "let me out of here".
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08-10-2013, 08:47 PM | #2 |
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Hope you knocked it in the head, and made fish food out of it.
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08-10-2013, 10:09 PM | #3 |
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I dont see the puppy riding with you
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08-11-2013, 11:57 AM | #4 |
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I would take that carp directly to the closest Chinese restaurant and trade it to them for a serving of sweet and sour Siamese cat.
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08-24-2013, 01:17 PM | #5 |
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Shit! THAT looks like one of my cats...
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09-19-2013, 03:10 PM | #6 |
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There were so many carp in the lake I grew up on they wanted you to catch them and throw them in the weeds. My Great Grandpa used to eat them. Lived to be 99.
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09-20-2013, 02:03 PM | #7 |
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carp are freaking nasty. I wont touch them if I catch one I just snap it off off the line. Here in East TN they root around on the bottom of our dioxin polluted lakes. There bodies are green with orange fins--yuck!
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10-07-2013, 08:49 PM | #8 |
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Southern fried carp is excellent eating, if they are caught in a clean waterway. My Grandpa taught me how to fry em up.
Asian carp, on the other hand, are not really carp. More of a big minnow. Gotta bowfish for those. Their meat is very tasty, although they have the same bones. |
10-07-2013, 10:09 PM | #9 |
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Carp from cold reasonably clean water makes great eating, as I've mentiond before, they were imported from Germany to providr high quality food for the poor down trodden masses.
Very rich, and when the bars along the Southern Rock river in WI. have their smoked carp for sale ... Pig-out time! About this time of year, they seine the Rock from shore to shore south of lake Koshkenog, and they ship out reefer boxcars by the dozens if not by couple hundred or so. Most of that ends up in supermarkets back east labeled "Rock River Salmon". or of ourse Gefeltefish.. One old friend had a meat ginder at the end of jis pier, catch a decent carp, gut it chop offf the head and any unwanted parts, grind it up, layer patties into 1/2 gallon milk cartons, and into the freezer. Come company time, fry up the Carp Burgers, open a couple quarts of home brew and the party was on! That was on the Sugar River, 20-30 miles west of the Rock, still S. WI. Lots of little bones all through the meat though, and too rich to eat as much as you want. Don't knock it if you never tried it! As always, JMHO but of course I'm right! Regards, ... |
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I have eaten carp. Not really fond of it, but I'm picky about what I eat. Cold water makes a big difference in most all freshwater fish. The meat is usually whiter and less fatty and oily. |
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10-07-2013, 10:39 PM | #11 |
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Hmmm, ground carp burgers sounds pretty good!!!
I just fry up the fillets, and pick out the bones. After 30 years of eating those rich, deliscious fillets it becomes second nature!! |
10-07-2013, 11:07 PM | #12 |
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Knew a German family that pressure cooked them, in oil, in #10 (gallon) cans.
They also used some great spices in the mix. No worry about bones, they were soft like sardine bones. I pigged out on a can of that stuff once. Have to admit, it was REALLY good, better than sardines, by a bunch. |
10-07-2013, 11:19 PM | #13 |
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Canned carp has gotta be good!! I always thought about trying to can it, but I don't really can stuff. Thanx, 10 Bears, I'm gonna try it!!
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10-07-2013, 11:24 PM | #14 |
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Ate a lot of carp, still do from good water. Can it up like salmon, and make patties out of them. Had a friend come over who refused to eat carp, served him up some "salmon patties"...he said they were great and to teach him how to make them. I got as far as saying "first you catch the carp..." before he freaked out.
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10-19-2013, 12:30 PM | #15 |
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I use to sell all of my carp to the niqqers fishing on the shore until this lovely Chinese Lady took me home and cooked the carp I caught. Damn good eatin' if they're from clean water.
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