Saturday carp fishing

Desmobob you ride your bike over and we would hit the canyons the day before as well. And mount palomar on the way to go fishing. Hot spot for sport bike riders. While fishing i could hear the some bikes race the canyons and my heart was burning. I have a carbonfiber rode which i got an 18lb or so carp on talk about a fight he bend the rod into a pretzel. Only way i could get him out is grab the line in my hand and work him close enought to use the net..

Sasha
 
Ive caught carp on mullberies and wild grapes. When they are eating mullberies its fast fishing.
 
I used to catch carp on the Missouri River below Tosten Dam.In 1973I caught a 90 pounder.And saw bigger ones taken.Now everyone uses a bow in the shallows for them.Too bony for me to eat.:barf:
 
sasha said:
Desmobob you ride your bike over and we would hit the canyons the day before as well. And mount palomar on the way to go fishing. Hot spot for sport bike riders. While fishing i could hear the some bikes race the canyons and my heart was burning. I have a carbonfiber rode which i got an 18lb or so carp on talk about a fight he bend the rod into a pretzel. Only way i could get him out is grab the line in my hand and work him close enought to use the net..

Sasha
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Canyon riding and carp fishing (and carp eating) in the company of another knife enthusiast! What a combination! :D I'd start out for California tomorrow, if I could!

Here is a website I just found while doing a quick search on "cleaning carp." It's pretty informative and has specific information regarding dealing with the "extra" bones a carp is blessed with:

http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/2004/07/20.htm


Stay sharp,
desmobob
 
sasha said:
Bushman5 that sucks. How can you catch fish with no bait on the hook?? Are you just suppost to lower your hook in the water and hope the fish would just go for it??? Maybe we all should move to Russia with no rules or regulation and do as you please mentality..

Sasha
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hahaa, no no, i meant sometimes there is NO artificial baits allowed, or fly fishing only. (and you cant 'scent' your fly patterns either)
 
They aren't liked much as they are an introduced fish to North America. They do play havoc with our natural rivers and streams. Their feeding behavior is to take a gulp of sediment, spit it out and then pick out the little critters released from the mud. As such they tend to churn up the bottom and increase the turbidity of the waters. The mud captures heat from the sun and promotes further warming. This comes at a cost for visual feeding fish like salmonids that prefer cool and clean water. Once they get beyond about 2 pounds they have no natural predators and just crank out tonnes more babies for the rest of their lives. We've all seen the kind of havoc they can play during spawning too, as they thrash-around the shallow weeds and really stir up the muck.

Interesting enough, in the Great Lakes they were first introduced by British wanting a local species to fish for sport. They are widely distributed through-out now.

I have a Polish buddy who ate carp as a kid. It was their christmas tradition, much like turkey is ours. They aren't all that bad tasting. The smaller ones like you have in your picture are much nicer to eat IMO than the large ones - which get that muddy flavour as somebody mentioned. Thanks for the thread post!
 
I bowfish them here. I've found that different species here taste better than others. The ones I've tasted so far are common carp, buffalo, and grass. Of the 3, the buffalo is very, very good, followed by the grass, and the common was pretty bad. We've started seeing the invasive Asian carp like the silver and bigheads, which are a huge problem. I've heard they are the best eating as far as carp go. I have as of yet to try them yet.
 
I like the golden carp or some people call them mirror carp.. KJD no arguing about the damage the carp can do to lakes and rivers. But they still make great eating fish.

Sasha
 
lol KJD look at it this way....... You keep the population under control... Canada should let you use all the bait and tackle out there to catch them. No restraint what so ever.
 
In Ontario there are no catch limits on 'course' fish which the carp fall into. In B.C. there are so many trout and salmon streams that are threatened that there are a tonne of restrictions of fishing methods. It ain't to protect to carp - but to protect the more sensitive critters.
 
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