It doesn’t matter if they’re edible if people don’t want to fish for them. I doubt they would come anywhere near sustaining the 6 to 10 billion dollar sportfishing industry in Michigan.
Ah, sports fishing. That immediately makes me think of pike. Great predator fish. Carp just tends to lay there.
Ya they’re edible, but cannot hold a candle to a Walleye.
European carp have been here awhile but haven’t overwhelmed the native species.
But, there’s very little I can do about any of it. Smoked and pressure-cooked, carp can be quite tasty.
IMHO, nothing beats walleye. Crappie are close, but you can’t get a 1” thick fillet off one...
They are filter feeders anyway, and would seldom be caught on hook and line. I saw a TV special in which fishermen in boats equipped with hand nets were scooping them out of the air in a competition.