Does this look good?

[catman529]

found this video surfing youtube. You be the judge.... I say he does make it look good, but I have never tried anything like it. Wonder what the bones are like after 20 hours smoking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRZSkrDg ... re=related

 

[Winchester]

Nasty looking!

 

[catman529]

I thought so too but it makes me wonder. because I have never tried it. Those were common carp, not buffalo like he said.

 

[Living2Hunt]

Nasty!

 

[bigtex]

I think he shoulda taken them out about 10 hours ago lol. Look like they're a bit on the over-done side.
I've heard they aint bad.

 

[catman529]

I think he shoulda taken them out about 10 hours ago lol. Look like they're a bit on the over-done side.
I've heard thay aint bad.

They do look a little burnt...I don't know anything about smoking fish but I know smoked salmon is awesome.

 

[Inkstainz]

I think I would give them a try at least once. Can't really say you don't like something that you haven't tried.

 

[Rackseeker]

He just ruined that smoker.LOL.....

 

[sure shot]

lol...all the romanians i work with go nutz over carp,and that pic i posted of the big ole boy was probably from europe cause they brag about them alot i bet they could tell me about smoking some carp,i dont know if id be interested in trying it but im gonna ask them see what they say i bet the go spastic when i mention it !!

 

[KatManDew]

I'm with Rackseeker...though I wouldn't mind trying some rainbow trout smoked like that.

 

[AllOutdoors]

Looks like a waste of time,smoke, and rack space.

 

[bowriter]

1- I've eaten smoked carp-excellent.
2- Typical Yankee :) smoked them about 10-hours too long. Now he does have buffalo carp-carp smoked so long, they are tough as buffalo hide and have no falvor except hickory. Could have saved himself a lot of time and just eaten some shaggy bark hickory.

 

[catman529]

Bowriter, do all the small bones dissolve when you smoke the carp?

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Bowriter, do all the small bones dissolve when you smoke the carp?

I have eaten smoked common carp and thought it was just kinda ok, not bad but not real good. The bones were still plentiful!

 

[Football Hunter]

Looks like a waste of time,smoke, and rack space.

yep

 

[bowriter]

Bout the only thing I have found carp to be really good for is fertilizer.

 

[Football Hunter]

Bout the only thing I have found carp to be really good for is fertilizer.

:)

 

[fishboy1]

Kinda funny if you ask me.

Fishermen pay $$$$$$$$$ to go catch "sportfish" they will never eat and release. Bonefish, trout, Bass, tarpon, barracuda, sailfish.... the list is long.

So catman enjoys the challenge of tricking a carp into taking a bait, fighting them on light tackle, and releasing them.

I Don't see the problem.

 

[catman529]

Kinda funny if you ask me.

Fishermen pay $$$$$$$$$ to go catch "sportfish" they will never eat and release. Bonefish, trout, Bass, tarpon, barracuda, sailfish.... the list is long.

So catman enjoys the challenge of tricking a carp into taking a bait, fighting them on light tackle, and releasing them.

I Don't see the problem.

Thanks, at least someone understands. Most people here have never put a jig or a fly in front of a carp, or used canned corn on light tackle to catch 15+ pounders, yet they act like carp are trash and not worth fishing for.

 

[fishboy1]

Skippies on 4 lb test are a hoot too. Miniature fresh water tarpon.

You want a tackle smasher, find some jack crevalle in salt water and hook up on light line. A 2 lb jack will fight like a 15lb game fish and they dont give up after 1 or 2 runs like most game fish.

 

[spitndrum]

:sick:

 

[Slaughter-06]

I have Crappie, bream and flathead catfish for that lmbo

 

[Inkstainz]

Kinda funny if you ask me.

Fishermen pay $$$$$$$$$ to go catch "sportfish" they will never eat and release. Bonefish, trout, Bass, tarpon, barracuda, sailfish.... the list is long.

So catman enjoys the challenge of tricking a carp into taking a bait, fighting them on light tackle, and releasing them.

I Don't see the problem.

Wait you don't eat trout? or bass? well I usually try to catch what I will eat which is why I go after catfish, bass, crappie, bream, and drum. Occasionally a carp or gar will snag my line and I enjoy the fight but I throw the carp and gar back. When I can though I'll go to Arkansas to the little Red and eat the crap out of trout.

 

[Inkstainz]

Before anyone cracks a joke, I don't literally mean eat the crap out of them, I mean eat a lot of them!

 

[fishboy1]

I eat fish but I let most of them go.

That was the point.
People rag on catman for catching carp which in their mind is a trash fish. Yet, they spend lots of time and money catching game fish that are just as often released.

So whats the difference? Catch and release a 15lb carp, catch and release a 5 lb bass. Either way you spent time on the water, had a fight, and released a fish to fight again.

 

[catman529]

^ that is what sport fishing is about, or should be about... None of this trash fish vs game fish crap, if you don't want to catch a certain fish then that's fine but doesn't make it trash. Only thing I've caught that I sometimes consider trash is a turtle because it's not a fish, most of them don't fight hard, and I almost always lose or break my hook on them.

 

[Football Hunter]

Good news is,we can all fish for what we want too,even if thee name of the fish can be rearranged to C R A P! :)

 

[catman529]

well then crap is the smartest and hardest fighting fish I have caught, not bad for a big turd. I will keep fishing for them while you keep fishing for smallmouth. Speaking of which, I may go wading on Wednesday for smallies myself, and then in the evening set up a lawn chair, a camp fire, and 3 or 4 lines with corn and fish the night for carp. It is very relaxing after a day of wading and casting soft plastics over and over again.

 

[Slaughter-06]

Maybe try some after a case of beer.

 

[Bertman]

:(