Carp capture: Utah removing destructive fish

localnews8 ^ | April 23, 2009

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Locomotive Breath]

to recover a native species called the June sucker

Ward must be very concerned.

[Grammy]

Hey, maybe we can get the govt to pay us to fish!

[NewJerseyJoe]

A lot of people might consider them garbage fish, but you haven’t angled until you’ve got a 25-lb. carp on the end of 5-lb. test using ultralight tackle. (Extra points if you have to construct a jury-rigged net, as my old fishing gang did, in order to lift caught carp vertically 15 feet up the side of the bridge you’re fishing from!)

[Paladin2]

They aren’t Carp, they’re Goldfish. In these potentially inflationary times, Goldfish can be a good investment.

[John123]

I got some questions... feel free to answer them...

#1 Are carps good eatin'?

#2 If #1 is "yes" then why is it going to cost the taxpayers 1.5 million dollars?

#3 is this part of that economic stimulus plan from OBAMA!?

[hinckley buzzard]

A lot of people might consider them garbage fish,

Around the Great Lakes they have the affectionate nickname of "sewer inspectors." We don't eat them, for reasons one may deduce.

[Borderline]

"#1 Are carps good eatin'?"


As a kid I was told that to cook a carp you put em on an old shingle. You then BBQ the carp on the shingle for 3 hours over low coals. Then toss the carp and eat the shingle.

[JoeProBono]

[Straight Vermonter]

LOL!

[Chode]

if you like fish bones... iirc carp are just like large suckers

[Freemeorkillme]

These aren’t the triploid variant of carp, are they?

Grass carp(the triploid variant) are increasingly being used here to reduce vegitation without the risk that reproductive carp carry.

[Freemeorkillme]

Saw a blue heron due that last summer with a duckling. If you’ve seen a blue heron, you can imagine how impressive the sight.

[jimfree]

Can’t imagine what the real result will be. This sort of project never goes as planned.

[redhead]

I can remember my dad taking us kids to Utah Lake to fish for carp. They were big fish, usually around 10 pounds. I don’t remember eating them, but I remember dad catching them and reeling them in. The lake is shallow, and quite warm in the summer, which makes fish grow fast.

[CaptRon]

I can't believe these fish wouldn't be worth something to somebody. This could pay for itself.

Isn't gefilte fish made from carp?

[kik5150]

Good luck.
In Lake Davis (CA) $21 million has been spent on eradication efforts of the non-native Northern Pike Since 2000, which included attempts to poison the entire fish population of the lake.
Fish and Game has a full-time team of 35 employees working on the pike effort.

[elcid1970]

What’s wrong with “Northerns”, as we called them in Wisconsin?

Fierce fighting fish and good eatin’, too.