Aisian Carp

I was visiting the Southern Illinois Hunting & Fishing Show a while back and at 1 outdoor exhibit, the US Fish &Wildlife was serving deep fried fresh aisian carp strips to the public for free and I have to admit after picking bones out of it was very tasty. Bones are very large so it was easy to not miss them while eating. Very white flakie meat with a fresh taste like white fish taste that I had to go back for seconds. Any body else ever eat or taste it? Next time I am on the river will take a couple and clean and try out.

Never have tried them but have heard that they are good. Is your catch tactic going to be a high speed run and net? I hate the slimy things and they can be dangerous even an idle. I watched them jump the falls two years ago during the Spring run. Too many to count.

Try them brined and smoked, pretty good eats. Remove all the dark on lateral line as it tastes like caca ! De-boning and grinding for fish patties may also be good, though I have not tried that yet.

If you are having a slow day on the water and want to have some fun, run until you hit a school then break out a snagging rig. When you hook up hand on, better fight than spoonbill if you have ever snagged for them.

If you have ever fought "Jacks" in the salt, that will give you some idea of the fight you are in for.

I would make sure it is legal in your waters, but I cannot think of any reason why any state would have a problem with snagging this non-native invasive.

I have not had any but I hear their pretty good eating. There is a chef on Utube and he shows how he cooks them. Says they are an excellent eating fish.
Never know, asain carp might be the next fish for the fast food chains. Cant remember the name of the fish off hand, but it was once considered a trash fish. Well until McDonald's started using them. Now they all use them.
Best way to get the things out of our lakes and give the netters a better living.

Snagging is the easiest way to catch them pole and line. In the winter you can find them on sonar real easy and just wear them out. There are two seasons for snagging in Missouri. They do pull really hard in summer. They make good cut bait.

I can't bring myself to clean one of the things to eat.And I am as about as non squeamish backwoods as they come. Have eat about everything at one time or another.But these things....they just make me mad for one thing.I get hungry enough I'll commence to eating em I guess...that eye though down on the head of the bighead though... man thats weird

Heck you can spear them, shoot them with any thing or use a large dip net. DNR isn,t going to care how u get them. Might even use a little dynamite if I could run across some :)

Guy was snagging them off catwalk at Williams dam. CO walked up said cant tell you that's legal but get all of them you can,an walked off. DNR has them at state fair every year, say they are really good.

The way Nat. Fish & Wildlife fixed them was they filleted them out and cleaned each fillet before they then cut long 4 to 5 inch strips of meat about 1 inch thick and breaded each strip in their corn meal spiced batter then deep fried. They gave each person 4 maybe 5 pieces to eat and told everybody to break the strips before eating to pull the large bones out of. The was no such small ones as all the bones were about the length of a toothpick and maybe half the diameter of a tooth pick and impossible to miss and just 1 or 2 in each strip and easy to pull out of the meat to eat a full mouthful and surprisingly very deliscious. I have eaten a lot of different species of fish from all over the world fresh and saltwater species and have to say was taken by surprise how good the taste and flavor was. Now I know why they are prized by the orientals.

how do they compare to other fish as far as toxins go? 40# flathead probably tastes good too but are full of yucks. lol dont think i will be feeding my kids any too soon. be a hard sell with "carp" in the name.


same goes or suckers. they are excellent table fare but not good to be eaten regularly.

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Originally Posted by river scum

how do they compare to other fish as far as toxins go? 40# flathead probably tastes good too but are full of yucks. lol dont think i will be feeding my kids any too soon. be a hard sell with "carp" in the name.


same goes or suckers. they are excellent table fare but not good to be eaten regularly.

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good question, I will def. find out from biologist and eventually report back, I do know they grow big faster than most species. Heck I don't glow in the dark yet and neither do some of my other "river rat" buddies same age as me and they have eaten a lot more big cats than me out of the rivers all their lives and so far don't glow either at their ages!!! Lol

Attachment 220667From catwalk last week.

Best lookin carp I have seen lately. Good fish Arkey! And we all know there are none of those in the river.

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Originally Posted by cevans

good question, I will def. find out from biologist and eventually report back, I do know they grow big faster than most species. Heck I don't glow in the dark yet and neither do some of my other "river rat" buddies same age as me and they have eaten a lot more big cats than me out of the rivers all their lives and so far don't glow either at their ages!!! Lol

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should be a interesting response. they are the ones pushing this so................... pass the salt.



i just wish they couuld kill them all for good. they say they arent in the great lakes but i bet dont believe it. they have been found way too close already.

I have caught them below all dams in 4 reservoirs I fish just never had the nerve to eat them . I have heard they are good .we should sell them back to china , might ease our deficit some

They taste fine and are easy to clean, go to u-tube for cleaning instructions. They are thick with slime, like catfish. Hard to get out of carpets. I keep a old rug to put in boat floor when I catch/snag or net them.

The cat would like to try some!