Targeting species

[OldTimer]

(10-03-2015 08:34 AM)MuskieBait Wrote:  

(10-02-2015 10:12 PM)zippyFX Wrote:  

(10-02-2015 03:54 PM)TASPL-Designs Wrote:  Question, I've been seeing it a lot lately online.

Why do people catch carp, Is it just for sport/the fight or do people eat it too? (I'm just curious)

I caught one by accident when I was a kid, and it was one of the heaviest fights I've ever had fishing, was really fun.

Most people fish carp for the sport of it... The fish, though, is perfectly edible; that being said I have never tried it.

I catch most of my fish for sport and rarely keeps any. I've tried Common Carp a couple of times...OK, but not great...so I don't keep any of them.

Like MB, I too release 99% of my fish.

For me Common Carp is about the fight on light tackle. They are edible, I've eaten it five or six times along the way (fried, baked, and smoked) - but not something I prefer.

Cheers,

OldTimer