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Friday, February 15. 2019

Asian Carp


Three species of Asian Carp have invaded the Mississippi watershed.  They are destroying the native ecosystem but, like most invasive species, there is no way to get rid of them.


Insty reminds us that they are highly-edible. Many claim they are tastier than catfish. Asians consider wild-caught carp a special treat, so the US ships lots of them to Asia.


You can't go fishing for these things, because they are mainly plankton, algae, and plant-eaters. Look at how these good guy fishermen fish for carp:



Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 14:21 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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You can catch them. A 4 0 treble hook and some weight on a stiff rod. Someone should teach the homeless how to catch them.


Someone will tell you that they are too boney to eat. The trick is to cook them whole (clean them of course) and strip off the skin and scrape the meat out with a fork and eat it. I wouldn't say that they are "good" but they aren't bad and better than the no-name "whitefish" the supermarkets sell.
#1 Anon on 2019-02-15 14:53 (Reply)
Sounds like they benefit from a good sauce. Same applies to many fish...
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2019-02-15 15:01 (Reply)
Where on earth are the cat food canning companies? I bet the state would pay them to clean out this river. d
#1.1.1 Anon on 2019-02-16 10:45 (Reply)
The state is reluctant to poison/electrify the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to keep them out of the Great Lakes. Once they are in there, they will be everywhere east of the Mississippi. I'd use rotenone every week.
#1.1.1.1 Bruce Anderson on 2019-02-18 06:08 (Reply)

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