The spotted gar and shortnose gar are spawning also. A friend and I shot over a hundred carp/buffalo/gar last Sunday while bowfishing. There were so many we were walking in the shallows and stabbing them with our arrows....population control! As far as eating them...My grandpa has cooked me carp when I was younger and they tasted pretty good. Along the lines of catfish to me. He scored the fillet in order for the hot grease to melt the bones.