Vaughn, keep your eyes out around here. I was talking to Sal on the way home yesterday about a NJ Tradgang shad shoot this spring.

Hey Brad, I know that spot where you and your wife shot those fish!!  Still want to hook up with ya this spring and shoot fish.  When ya think the earliest the fish will start spawning?

Talk to ya later
Brian

50# Monkey Ward Special and AMS retriever

K so do you eat carp?  Should you eat carp?  The Way everyone makes it sound the R and the A should be switched.  I will shoot some of those this year I found a HOLE full of them!!

Nice thread Ryan! I've got a good buddy who smokes the carp he shoots after soaking in a brine, then cans the smoked fish.  Darn good actually! No kidding!  In fact I just ate some the other day.  Kind of leaves a funky smell on your fingers, but is really tasty!

Smoked carp is every bit as good as smoked salmon. In fact, it also cans well and tastes almost identical to canned salmon. Other than being boney, carp are fine for eating. My mom used to pressure cook them with the bones in. They got soft, just like salmon bones. She made carp patties out of them. They weren't as pink, otherwise I couldn't tell them from salmon. Of course, we didn't have much money, so being picky meant going hungry.  

QuoteOriginally posted by 30coupe:
Smoked carp is every bit as good as smoked salmon. In fact, it also cans well and tastes almost identical to canned salmon. Other than being boney, carp are fine for eating. My mom used to pressure cook them with the bones in. They got soft, just like salmon bones. She made carp patties out of them. They weren't as pink, otherwise I couldn't tell them from salmon. Of course, we didn't have much money, so being picky meant going hungry.      

Hey 30 where is Manly at in Ia. We have a bunch of tournys comin up if you are interested.

QuoteOriginally posted by Lefty:
Yes!  I shoot a Qwarf, 50#@28".

Hey lefty you know Jim Smith? You should come check out some of our tournys we are gonna have this year.

here is my biggest fish and a good day

QuoteOriginally posted by TRB:
Grizzly 50#  Saunders shoot through reel. Lots of fun.

TRB same goes for you if you are interested in some tournys.

Hey, I'm going to have to get back in to this. In my early years I and a friend got caught in the wrong spot. We loved doing this. When I go fishing now my fly fishing brothers call me the worm dunker!

I would try your tourny. I was in one a couple of years ago, at Lake Odessa. My partner and his son and I finished 9th out of 12 teams.At least it wasn`t last place. We shot 25 fish. Winning team had 110.

Only been the once, but I'd kill to get another shot! Never had so much fun!  :D  :D  :D

Naw....we eat catfish. Carp get turned under in the food plots.
This load was from the Traditional Bowhunters of Ga. shoot. One night on West Point lake. A catfood company sent a truck for these. Front and center is Joebuck.

 

Wow Biggie! You guys got a couple or 3 fish that night hey!      :D

  Thats alot of fish!!! Bowfishing keeps the mid summer deer jitters at a minimum for myself.

QuoteOriginally posted by BMOELLER:
Hey Brad, I know that spot where you and your wife shot those fish!!  Still want to hook up with ya this spring and shoot fish.  When ya think the earliest the fish will start spawning?

Talk to ya later
Brian

50# Monkey Ward Special and AMS retriever

I've always said I should start shooting fish after 1pm during turkey season....and I always wait until AFTER turkey season...lol. Give me a holler!!!! I found a couple of other spots, not far from this one!!!

all this talk of eating carp brings the subject of fried gar to mind...yes gar in my thought is tastier than catfish if one takes the time to learn to clean them which is easy yet kinda a pain as tools needed are a good knife, some tin snips or shears and a fillet knife.  to start punch a hole in the hide behind the head and then start cutting with your snips or shears back to the dorsal fin, once the first cut is made, make downward cuts at the gills and also at the dorsal fin on each side.  after the cuts are made, skin the hide back and take the fillet knife and peel the backstraps away from the spine, when cleaned right you will have 2 thick bonless fillets of gar when breaded and fried are hard to beat.  a couple other notes, gar eggs are poisenous so be sure to remove all eggs from the meat, and only rinse the fillets and dry before freezing as soaking them will turn them to mush

Hey Steve you arent a "traditional" bowfisherman. LOL You gotta use your Mahaska if you wanna be with us. LOL. Just messin with ya.

PSE KINGFISHER and Muzzy Arrows....Bear Reel..We shoot a lot of Tilapia and Gar. Also shoot Rays and Sharks along the Gulf Coast.

Couple of years ago got my first, but hopefully not last, gator in Lake Hancock near Auburndale Fl...nice 6 1/2 footer.

Here's a pretty good buffalo from Guntersville Lake in Alabama..38#