Let's be real here.

They made that segment to try to get more people out on the water killing these things because they are a potential ecological disaster. A person would be more inclined to go out and bowhunt for huge carp if you could get some fillets for the freezer. If not, you have a 50 pound fish corpse to dispose of after the fun of the hunt is over. The reality of just killing a fish that big for fun and then having to deal with the aftermath is enough to deter a lot of people from hunting them (including me). So they are obviously shopping the idea of eating them to get people to acquire a taste for them and then hopefully spark a commercial industry to keep them in check. They did the same kind of segment for gar so maybe they are just tired of bow fishermen leaving carcasses everywhere.

Regardless, what they don't tell you in the fish consumption advisory that KDWF issues is that the size and age of the fish has an effect on the amount of toxins that are potentially present. For example, the 50 lbs. carp that Tim Farmer killed would have significantly more toxins than a 5 pounder but that important detail is not specified in the advisory. If I weigh 150 pounds and follow the guidelines for eating carp 6 times a year, but I'm eating meat from a huge one, I would be consuming more toxins than they recommend.

The same principle applies to predetor fish like bass and catfish because they absorb toxins that the small plankton-eating fish (blugill, shad etc.) accumulate.

I am all for getting rid of these fish by any means but it seems to be a little disingenuous to promote this practice without some warnings or updated guidelines on consuming the large fish that you would target with a bow.

Sorry for the disjointed rant and I'm not a hippie or anything but just wanted to throw that out there. Also, sewer rat might taste like pumpkin pie but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy....