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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Harpooning carp
« on: July 19, 2020, 10:50:51 am »
(warning:  this thread contains pics of a Fib*****ss bow.)

Took the flyrod and old Thumper out to Ocean Lake a couple nights ago.  Panfish weren't buying what I was selling, so I spent the late evening harpooning a few aquapigs.  One of these days I'm going to try filleting out a few of these beasts--I hear they're not bad eating if you treat them just right, but frankly I've never hungry enough to try--or at least saving the skins for bow backings and possibles bags.  In the meantime, carp busting is good practice while removing a harmful invasive.  Put up a heckuva great fight, too!







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Offline dylanholderman

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2020, 01:15:27 pm »
nice, iv'e always wanted to go bowfishing for carp and gar.
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2020, 01:49:28 pm »
Quote from: dylanholderman on July 19, 2020, 01:15:27 pm
nice, iv'e always wanted to go bowfishing for carp and gar.

Yeah, gar would be fun.  Did you know people make arm guards out of gar skin?  Must be tough stuff.  Not sure what carp skin us useful for, but I've seen some pictures of it and it's pretty stuff!
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Offline BrianS

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2020, 02:08:08 pm »
You did well!
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Offline dylanholderman

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2020, 05:04:29 pm »
Quote from: WhistlingBadger on July 19, 2020, 01:49:28 pm
Quote from: dylanholderman on July 19, 2020, 01:15:27 pm
nice, iv'e always wanted to go bowfishing for carp and gar.

Yeah, gar would be fun.  Did you know people make arm guards out of gar skin?  Must be tough stuff.  Not sure what carp skin us useful for, but I've seen some pictures of it and it's pretty stuff!

look up a youtube video of someone cleaning one, they use tin snips to cut the skin!
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2020, 05:55:33 pm »
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Offline Trapper Rob

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2020, 09:07:21 pm »
Looks like fun
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2020, 09:58:11 pm »
Nice evening's take!  There used to be a place on the Missouri River that served carp.  Apparently they skinned them, and then scored the filets with a razor to cut up the bones before cooking them.  I always thought of carp as trash fish, though!
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2020, 07:30:25 am »
Ive read that there's a streak of dark/bloody meat that is where the muddy taste lives.  Cut that out and they're pretty good.  That's what I've read.
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Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2020, 08:49:54 am »
love carp skins bow backing
I'd love to try to tan the skin too.
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2020, 09:48:05 am »
Quote from: GlisGlis on July 21, 2020, 08:49:54 am
love carp skins bow backing
I'd love to try to tan the skin too.

Well, next time I whack a few I'll see if I can save some for you.
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Offline willie

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2020, 03:02:57 pm »
Quote from: WhistlingBadger on July 21, 2020, 07:30:25 am
Ive read that there's a streak of dark/bloody meat that is where the muddy taste lives.  Cut that out and they're pretty good.  That's what I've read.

Is it a fairly clear lake?  what do the trout taste like?  Getting the dark meat out might be good, as it is often oily and stronger flavored in most fishes.  popping a gill loose and letting the fish bleed out could help also.
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2020, 04:21:56 pm »
Quote from: willie on July 21, 2020, 03:02:57 pm
Is it a fairly clear lake?  what do the trout taste like?  Getting the dark meat out might be good, as it is often oily and stronger flavored in most fishes.  popping a gill loose and letting the fish bleed out could help also.

Most of the places carp live around here are pretty muddy, but they can be found in clear water too.  Boysen reservoir, a few miles further down the road, is a bit clearer, and there is nothing wrong-tasting with the walleyes that come out of there.
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Offline GlisGlis

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Re: Harpooning carp
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2020, 08:47:40 am »
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Well, next time I whack a few I'll see if I can save some for you.
thankyou for your kindness but I'm on the other side of the pond
too many thousand miles to cover for a carp skin  )F(
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