Fishing with your bare hands

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: uli2000

Originally posted by: txrandom
Carps are trash fish. Most people don't eat them.

Maybe in North America, but in many parts of the world, epecially asia, it's consitered a delicasy.

Yah, I was talking about USA. I know lots of carp were brought over from Asia, and it is a food source there . My Dad actually use to sell carp he'd catch to the poor people in his hometown. They'd make carp patties.

 

[txrandom]

Carp are fun to bring in though. Some of them it seems like dead weight, but others can put up a fight.

 

[CatKillaZ]

Its even better on a flyrod.

 

[Alistar7]

Originally posted by: pradeep1
If you are trying to capture catfish, be aware of your local variety. Some catfish have sharp spiny fins that can slash your hands.

It is the little ones that do the most damage. The two side fins and the top dorsal fins come to a sharp tip. Primarily a defense mechanism that aids smaller fish in surviving. After they have grown a bit they wear down from rubbing against stumps, rocks, etc. A bullhead which never gets that large usually still have very sharp tips. Caught a 4 foot long 90 pound shovelhead catfish, the tips on its fins were as dull as bb....

 

[Dead3ye]

Baked carp recipe:

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
Take one large carp, filleted.
Place fillets on a pine board.
Bake for one hour.
Remove fillets from oven.

Throw away the carp fillets and eat the pine board.

Carp are not native to America BTW. They wreak havoc on the local river. They really destroy the smallmouth bass spawning beds in the spring. If I catch one, I slit open it's stomach and throw it back in the river and let the crabs and baitfish eat it.

 

[CatKillaZ]

They are good in FL, because they control plant/weed growth in the lakes.

 

[txrandom]

Originally posted by: CatKillaZ
They are good in FL, because they control plant/weed growth in the lakes.

If there wasn't so much fertilizer in the water, all the plants wouldn't be there. I know Port Arthur imported nutria rats to help take care of aquatic plants. Not sure if they had any bad consequences.