Flying Carp On The Gasconade River

[J&T Fisher]

yum! carp on a stick

[Seth]

Don't knock it till you try it! A guy brought some of those in filleted up like this one day and they were fantastic!

[Wayne SW/MO]

Don't knock it till you try it! A guy brought some of those in filleted up like this one day and they were fantastic!

I've heard that from several sources.

[Seth]

Another good way to eat them that we've done is to pressure cook the fillets with seasoning salt and lemon pepper seasoning until all the bones are dissolved. After the bones are gone, mix with egg and crackers to make fish patties. Vacuum seal two to a pack and stack them in the freezer for later. When you want to eat some, just open them up and crisp them up in a little olive oil and throw on some bread and dig in. It's a little more work than I like to mess with when it comes to fish but it was very good.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I've done the commons that way in the past. Fillet them and then cut into chunks. Take the chunks and give them about 30 minutes in some cool smoke and the pressure cook them. They are great that way.

[rakloeppel]

I fished the gasconade last weekend and with the super clear water, several times I watched the asian carp swimming up the river in groups. Just depressing to think that those nasty fish could take over such a beautiful river. I have been fishing the river (CAR) for 40 years and this just bums me out.

[Seth]

What area of river were in when you seen them?

[UnCivE]

I've seen them around the HWY 133 access just south of Richland.

[snap]

what is the limit of these guys??? I was on the saline a couple of weeks ago and over 20 jumped in my boat!!! all were about 2 lbs.....amzing and sad at the same time!!! I was worried I might have been over the limit and could not do anything about it!!!

[Flysmallie]

I think the limit is 1 Trillion on Asian Carp.