Posted on 09/22/2011 12:54:09 PM PDT by Red Badger
“You’re talking about native carp, not the invasive species.”
Oh carp - I can’t get anything right! Thanks for the correction. So the asian carp - is that the “flying carp” thing when the boats go by?
I have a book that was my fathers. He was a commercial fisherman and went on to be the commercial fish law supervisor, Mi. DNR. The book by Commissioner McDonald goes into detail about the advantages of introducing carp into the Great lakes as a sport fish. The book is titled “THE 8TH REPORT TO THE COMMISSION” (Michigan).
1 lb butter (melted)
2 tbl salt
4 tbl pepper
1 ts oregano
10 minced cloves of garlic
1 lemon (juiced)
mix ingredients in bowl...
place fish in heavy brown paper bag
pour mixture over fish
fold the bag tightly and place bagged fish on cooking sheet and bake on low heat (250 degrees) for 2 hours
remove the fish carefully from bag
discard fish and serve the bag in bite-sized portions with lemon wedges... DELICIOUS!
When a motorized boat encounters these fish - the fish jump straight out of the water by the hundreds - high leaps right into the boat sometimes... Aerial nets could catch these fish without much risk of catching native species. And - How about the cat food industry... Friskies is 50 cents a can at Walmart. Cheap tuna meant for humans is only 58 cents on sales at WallyMart... I’ll buy Chinese carp cat food - especially if it is cheaper than the other fishy kind..
Carpe carp! Seize the fish!
From some videos showing these damn things jumping in the rivers as a boat travels down it, I’m thinking of starting up a shotgun fishing charter boat service..........
Carp is a common name for various species of freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia.
They have been introduced to various locations around the world, though with mixed results. In Lake Erie, the carp is also classified as a Junk Fish as well as damaging naturalized exotic species but with sporting qualities.
Exactly — like ripe fruit.
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Exactly Perfect Solution.
That’s funny.
Thanks for the laugh.
I have one dog who cannot quit eating the ‘processed hay’ my horses produce.
In fact, I would go so far as to predict that they will actually benefit the abundance of our existing game fish (trout, salmon, bass, walley, musky) and quite possibly take the pressure off the lesser game fish such as perch where there certainly seems to be a decline here in Lake St. Clair.........
I remember years ago when the zebra mussels invaded Lake St. Clair and the doom and gloom that accompanied them. While they took off astronomically and caused an initial problem, nature took over and they died down to a sustainable level and actually help clean the lake. The lake is now the cleanest it has ever been due to the zebra mussels filtering out the debris.........as well as being a food source for fish such as our perch.
If these Asian carp do make it into our great lakes system, I have full confidence that our ecosystem will be able to handle whatever problem they may attempt to make.............Nature can handle its own without assistance from us.
Asian Carp are democrats???
Carp are carp and you would be surprised at how much they are fished by the black community here in the Detroit area.........
dump enough Tabasco
And don't use my name in vain without pinging me............,..
Illinois should have invited their favorite son in the White House to come show them how to make the carp sandwiches he’s been dishing out to everyone for over two years now.
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