Where did KDFWR take the Carp, KYlake Tourne?

[FlyLie]

Didn't want to high jack other threads so: any one got infor? Trust they got a good home!

[debralj]

I was also wondering what they did with all the Carp that were caught ? The way they talked about how tasty they are, I hope they did not go to waste.

[justlookingn]

I read that the carp were to be sent to a pet food processing plant.

[Fishin is life]

I know they had several chefs come in and prepare some of the carp for a big tasting that was open to the public. They say its some really good eating but they get a bad rep just because theyre carp

[Les Young]

I honestly don't know how the stigma got started, but if it hadn't been for carp there would have been a lot of times we wouldn't have had meat for supper when I grew up as we were very poor as the stigma suggests only poor or black floks eat it which is pretty ridiculous in my opinion. Plenty ate them that weren't poor at all. I've heard plenty say eeewww!!! they wouldn't eat carp, but I can honestly say I'd take it any day over catfish. All you have to do is cut out the red meat strip that Carp & Striper both have which is actually a blood vessel to oxygenate their bodys as they grow large & very fast. It is not a mudvein at all. Soak over night in saltwater if wanted & fry them up. Big thick very white meat & actually very good tasting. I've ate a bunch of it & I've gigged, shot, & grabhooked & clubbed many of them walking the backwater flats of White Oak creek on Cunberland while they were up spawning when growing up . How many ate Sucker growing up, but wouldn't eat Carp ??? Some folks won't eat deer meat either until they're fed it unknowingly & like it. Then all of a sudden they will eat it. People hear crap about certain animals & fish & that's all they need to not try it. I just don't understand it at all. I myself like it & glad I had the oppurtunity to help fill the freezer with them growing up. Makes you feel good when your a young kid & what you enjoy doing is helping to feed your family. It was some of the most enjoyable fighing memories of my childhood.

[jcb]

Years ago I used to take a can of niblet corn and my spinning rod down below the dam on Elkhorn at Jim Beam. Usually wouldn't take long before I'd get hit by a 5-10 lb. carp. Talk about some fun, sometimes a 10-15 minute fight on 4 lb. test. I really learned how to play big fish during that time.

I used to take the carp to a Filipino woman who was married to a co-worker. She gave me her recipe for carp. If anyone wants it here it is.

For this method, you need a cedar board soaked in water for a couple days.

Filet the carp, and as Les said take out the red stripe of meat. Cut into strips and lay on the seasoned, oiled cedar board. Sprinkle olive oil or butter, salt and lemon pepper liberally on the filets. Bake at 350 for about 10 minutes per inch thickness of your filet. When the filets are done, remove them from the cedar board.

Throw them out in the yard for the dog, then eat the cedar board.

[jcb]

(just kidding - Les is right carp are fine to eat) :-)

[peter]

Last summer we ordered some fried fish something or other in an Asian restaurant. It was so good that when I went to pay I asked kind of fish it was. Silver Carp. I almost fell backwords.

[FlyLie]

The only negative thing I can remember hearing about Carp was related to the "amount of bones". But I think today we all know how to cut around that..., as well as any blood vein or other dark meat.

Going to be on the Twin Lakes later this month, so's I'll take an extra boat paddle and see if I can hit a home run with one of them suckers, then feed the fish fillets to the GREASE and find out for myself! A little lard, cornmeal, salt and pepper () can do wonders. PS; Onions and Hushpuppies are optional!

[smashdn]

You reckon you can make them into patties like salmon patties?

[FlyLie]

You reckon you can make them into patties like salmon patties?

Don't see a problem there. Some of the locals here on the Cumberland have and still do "COOK" and "CAN" their own fish from the river.

[FlyLie]

Don't see a problem there. Some of the locals here on the Cumberland have and still do "COOK" and "CAN" their own fish from the river.

PS: A country Boy knows how to survive!