Bb Got Nothin On Me-Photo-20+ Pounds On 6Lb Fluoro Ned Rig-Whole Different Meaning For "small Mouth"

[ness]

Nice photo -- makes even the homely carp look pretty (almost). Is there a Carp Unlimited? That'd be a good cover shot for a magazine.

[Wayne SW/MO]

if folks want a good fight, then they should target carp more. They are game fish in Britain and Europe. Lots of science goes into catching them over there. They have their own "ned" rig contraptions to catch them.

Yup they are a lot of fun. It can also be a way to get in some fun fishing in the heat of summer. Go early and pack it up when it gets hot, no boat or trailer to worry about and they are still easy to find.

[Wayne SW/MO]

Nice photo -- makes even the homely carp look pretty (almost). Is there a Carp Unlimited? That'd be a good cover shot for a magazine.

sort of.

http://www.carpanglersgroup.com/cag/

[crackleback]

now you've got me interested in perhaps something I would never before considered . . . keeping, cleaning and eating a carp . . . I have never even tasted a prepared carp . . . any suggestions or links from anyone who has eaten what they would consider to be a "tasty carp?"

[abkeenan]

now you've got me interested in perhaps something I would never before considered . . . keeping, cleaning and eating a carp . . . I have never even tasted a prepared carp . . . any suggestions or links from anyone who has eaten what they would consider to be a "tasty carp?"

Great photo. What kind of camera are you using?

Also, my grandfather has said that carp are good eating but I don't know about that being their are pretty much a scavenger fish. He also said they have so many bones they aren't even worth cleaning. That is all hearsay from him and I have no actually experience in either eating or cleaning them. But I always took his words as truth.

[innova]

Pickled Carp / Pickled Buffalo Recipe

(1) Cut Fish into small chunks (bones invluded) and soak over night in 1/2 vinegar and 1/2 water solution.

(2) Boil fish in following solution (3 cups of vinegar, 1 cup of water, 1 garlic clove, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp pepper. 1/4 tsp mustard seed) until done and fish flakes.

3 Place fish into canning jars with canning solution topping of jar with a paper thin slice of lemon and red onion

Add jars to boiling water to seal the lids.

Bones are broken down by the vinegar.

[crackleback]

thanks abkeenan . . . this photo was taken with my "fishin camera" . . . Canon SD870IS ELPH . . . does a great job and, unlike a cell phone camera, produces high enough resolution to produce an enlarged print with detail . . . I remember years back near St Louis along the Great River Road in Alton, Illinois, people would line up at roadside fish stands to buy deep fried boneless carp sandwiches fresh-caught out of the Illinois River . . . there must be a way to prepare them without the bones:)

[crackleback]

very interesting innova . . . sounds like you know your stuff:)

[Hazbin]

Another victim of the Ned rig.

I love those bonus fish.

That BPS line must be a good value, I'm surprised you landed that size fish.

Most of Bass Pro's line is made by Shakespear, especially their mono.