Asian Carp incognito

[slonezp]

I don't get the logic, nor do I believe it will have much, if any, impact. Changing the name of Asian Carp to something more appetizing.

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/08/asian-carp-rebranding-fish-get-new-name-appeal-eaters/4430629001/

[MN Fisher]

I've had carp and the non-bottom dwellers are fairly tasty...but the same issue I have with pike applies here - lots of LITTLE bones.

 

I think this is gonna crash-n-burn - and waste money.

[12poundbass]

I say crash and burn too. I’ve heard it tastes very good. I understand their thinking behind it, because I hear carp and I think the same a lot of people do. 

[Darth-Baiter]

I have always thought Carp needed better PR.  Now they have it. 
 

my stepdad could cook one beyond delicious. 

[roadwarrior]

 

questa merda

[Tennessee Boy]

I keep saying I’m gonna eat the next one that jumps in the boat but when I’m actually looking at one I always change my mind.

[soflabasser]

Hard pass. I rather eat walleye, or another good tasting fish.

[slonezp]

47 minutes ago, soflabasser said:

Hard pass. I rather eat walleye, or another good tasting fish.

Have you had Asian carp?

 

People eat carp. I never had but I wouldn't be opposed to trying it. I don't think the name has anything to do with it. People eat crappie. If there was ever a less appetizing name for a fish than this....

[Bluebasser86]

4 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I keep saying I’m gonna eat the next one that jumps in the boat but when I’m actually looking at one I always change my mind.

They're so disgusting up close. They just look nasty, start bleeding the instant they land in the boat, slime everywhere, they stink, that weird eye and mouth, just not a visually appealing creature at all. They make terrific cut bait for catfish and gar though.

 

 

I would think there would be some way they could be used in homeless shelters as a form of cheap protein? They aren't bottom feeders so assume their PCB levels would be much lower.

[slonezp]

5 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

They're so disgusting up close. They just look nasty, start bleeding the instant they land in the boat, slime everywhere, they stink, that weird eye and mouth, just not a visually appealing creature at all. They make terrific cut bait for catfish and gar though.

 

 

I would think there would be some way they could be used in homeless shelters as a form of cheap protein? They aren't bottom feeders so assume their PCB levels would be much lower.

Unfortunately, if food hasn't gone through an FDA inspected plant, food pantries are not allowed to accept it. Same thing with venison. The logic makes zero sense. Better off people go through life malnourished and starve rather then accept wild game. 

[Tennessee Boy]

There’s a processing plant in Kentucky that freezes them and ships them to China.  They’re in high demand there.   Unfortunately,  our supply is almost unlimited.

[Bluebasser86]

17 minutes ago, slonezp said:

Unfortunately, if food hasn't gone through an FDA inspected plant, food pantries are not allowed to accept it. Same thing with venison. The logic makes zero sense. Better off people go through life malnourished and starve rather then accept wild game. 

I remember hearing something about that. I know some places have "Hunters feeding the hungry", programs, we do here in Kansas. I've donated several deer to them. I've given a lot of Asian carp away at various boat ramps on the Kansas river also. Folks fishing for whatever will bite just looking for a meal are more than happy to take them. It's too bad common sense isn't allowed anymore and every single thing has to be regulated.

[NYWayfarer]

I believe they tried something similar with Tilapia once upon a time. Some nonsense thought that St Peter’s Fish sounded like a more appetizing name than Tilapia.

Some fish have unappetizing names and are ugly as well. I would rank Cusk up there with the best of them. When it’s square, breaded, fried, served on a bun with a slice of cheese, tartar sauce and called “filet o fish” I don’t care what it looked like and the name for that sandwich is fine with me.

 

[TnRiver46]

18 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

I say crash and burn too. I’ve heard it tastes very good. I understand their thinking behind it, because I hear carp and I think the same a lot of people do. 

It does not taste good. The DNR was handing it out fried at the bass master classic in 2019.

 

create a meat market for Asian carp and that will guarantee we will never be rid of them 

[TnRiver46]

16 hours ago, slonezp said:

Have you had Asian carp?

 

People eat carp. I never had but I wouldn't be opposed to trying it. I don't think the name has anything to do with it. People eat crappie. If there was ever a less appetizing name for a fish than this....

Yes it’s bad fish 

[Tennessee Boy]

I started researching the Asian carp problem in Tennessee a couple of years ago and was surprised what I learned.   The TWRA does not believe they have ever spawned in the Tennessee or Cumberland valley.  They believe all 15 zillion of them locked through Kentucky and Barkley Dam.  If this is true then their strategy for dealing with them seems promising.  They call it block and tackle.  They plan to use underwater noise generators to scare them away from the locks which is supposed to prevent most of them from locking through.  This is the “blocking” part.   Next we just need to “tackle” the problem of the ones already here.  That’s why every person in the state needs to eat about 1000 pounds Asian carp in the next year or so and then the problem will be solved.

[TnRiver46]

2 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I started researching the Asian carp problem in Tennessee a couple of years ago and was surprised what I learned.   The TWRA does not believe they have ever spawned in the Tennessee or Cumberland valley.  They believe all 15 zillion of them locked through Kentucky and Barkley Dam.  If this is true then their strategy for dealing with them seems promising.  They call it block and tackle.  They plan to use underwater noise generators to scare them away from the locks which is supposed to prevent most of them from locking through.  This is the “blocking” part.   Next we just need to “tackle” the problem of the ones already here.  That’s why every person in the state needs to eat about 1000 pounds Asian carp in the next year or so and then the problem will be solved.

They could just close the locks on the river but they won’t do that 

[Tennessee Boy]

1 minute ago, TnRiver46 said:

They could just close the locks on the river but they won’t do that 

That would shut down a lot of coal powered steam plants and a lot of other stuff to.  

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Tennessee Boy said:

That would shut down a lot of coal powered steam plants and a lot of other stuff to.  

It just depends on how important you think keeping the carp out is. I bet they can lift coal over a dam onto another barge or put in on a truck 

[Tennessee Boy]

4 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

It just depends on how important you think keeping the carp out is. I bet they can lift coal over a dam onto another barge or put in on a truck 

That’s not a bad idea but I agree it won’t happen.

[TnRiver46]

Just now, Tennessee Boy said:

That’s not a bad idea but I agree it won’t happen.

They will just say that they need more money to put more bandaids on the problem for a few decades. They are already receiving $25 million this year and $4 million a year after that to unsuccessfully fix the problem. But they are “underfunded” haha

[12poundbass]

37 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

That’s why every person in the state needs to eat about 1000 pounds Asian carp in the next year or so and then the problem will be solved.

That would make the human birth rate go down too in the area. ?

[throttleplate]

55 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

That would shut down a lot of coal powered steam plants and a lot of other stuff to.  

umm that may be happening in the real near future.

8 hours ago, NYWayfarer said:

I believe they tried something similar with Tilapia once upon a time. Some nonsense thought that St Peter’s Fish sounded like a more appetizing name than Tilapia.

Some fish have unappetizing names and are ugly as well. I would rank Cusk up there with the best of them. When it’s square, breaded, fried, served on a bun with a slice of cheese, tartar sauce and called “filet o fish” I don’t care what it looked like and the name for that sandwich is fine with me.

 

asian carp for the new improved McDonald filet o fish.

[slonezp]

Here's how we do it in Illinois 

 

[georgeyew]

If people will eat snakehead, I don't see why they won't eat asian carp. Snakeheads sound even worse and are probably just as slimy. I just wish that there was a way to catch them on a rod without snagging. Imagine fighting a 30lb jumping carp.