What to do with the carp? I plan on getting into carp fishing. In my area the water has been poisoned and we can't eat the fish. I'm near Detroit Michigan, as far as I know carp are...

FS Digest

I plan on getting into carp fishing. In my area the water has been poisoned and we can't eat the fish. I'm near Detroit Michigan, as far as I know carp are invasive, so you guys return them for kill them. If you kill them what do you do with the bodies?

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by Evmechanic

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

What are the local regs? If you can't eat em, then I'd put em back let somebody else catch em again. I've never heard of water so bad you couldn't eat any fish from it. Detroit? One more reason.

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

Fertilizer

sandonsq

FS Digest wrote:

I plan on getting into carp fishing. In my area the water has been poisoned and we can't eat the fish. I'm near Detroit Michigan, as far as I know carp are invasive, so you guys return them for kill them. If you kill them what do you do with the bodies?

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by Evmechanic

Dig a hole in your garden and bury them. Great fertilizer.

Kurt Seidler Loc: San Clemente CA

Ditto. I have used inedible fish to start an avocado tree and it’s growth was amazing.

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

Cut the fish into chunks before using as fertilizer. The benefit will be much quicker. Depending on your area, sprinkle rodent/animal repellent over the area. Otherwise you may have dead fish all over your yard. Did the hole deep. A bit less environmentally friendly, I just turn the fish loose and buy fish emulsion for the garden. If bow fishing, you are stuck with the fish. Again, dig the hole deep.

Ben Bragg Loc: Dayton Ohio

Toss em in the weeds.
Stash a few in the trunk of your ex wife’s car. They love it when you do that

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

Ben Bragg wrote:

Toss em in the weeds.
Stash a few in the trunk of your ex wife’s car. They love it when you do that

Good idea, side note: Many years ago put the soon to be X-wife in the trunk with the dog to do a test, see which one love me more. You are right, when I open the trunk the dog was really happy to see me.

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.

FS Digest wrote:

I plan on getting into carp fishing. In my area the water has been poisoned and we can't eat the fish. I'm near Detroit Michigan, as far as I know carp are invasive, so you guys return them for kill them. If you kill them what do you do with the bodies?

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by Evmechanic

I always throw them back, they are a lot of fun to catch. Went a few days ago and some people by me were keeping them to eat so gave them mine. Let someone else enjoy catching them

Jim Kay Loc: Franklin, Virginia

Put them back.Carp are no longer considered Invasive. Like Brown Trout (and all trout for that matter) They are established and are now residents.

Able Man Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)

I've given some away to others who are fishing them to eat, I've also buried them in the yard. Maybe I'll try and eat the next one, and see if my opinion of them has changed. (Ya never know)...

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Jim Kay wrote:

Put them back.Carp are no longer considered Invasive. Like Brown Trout (and all trout for that matter) They are established and are now residents.

What?

The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a trout and species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead (sometimes called "steelhead trout") is an anadromous (sea-run) form of the coastal rainbow trout (O. m. irideus) or Columbia River redband trout (O. m. gairdneri) that usually returns to fresh water to spawn after living two to three years in the ocean. Freshwater forms that have been introduced into the Great Lakes and migrate into tributaries to spawn are also called steelhead.

Our California rainbows are not illegal aliens. Nor are the goldens and cutthroats. As American as Geronimo.

Jim Kay Loc: Franklin, Virginia

You are correct about the Rainbows, Cutthroats, and other western trout, but when they were transplanted to England and Scotland, they supplanted Brown Trout and when they were brought east they supplanted brook Trout. This is true of Brown Trout that were brought to the USA and Brook Trout introduced to the American West. All that being said, They are established and are doing well if the government hacks will leave them alone.

Peach8 Loc: Lexington, KY

Eat it. White meat, flaky, mild flavor, watch the bones...delicious! Same w/Asian carp. Happy eating!

ranger632 Loc: Near Yosemite Park Ca.