Big Sandy Asian Carp Catch

[Cane Pole]

We have had several carp kills here. Stunk top high heaven around the lake for awhile. Never really heard the probable cause, but heard plenty of rumors.

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I believe that did not even fetch the fisherman $2000. That is a lot of work. God bless him for doing it.

[Boa3]

Yes, a lot of them are frozen and shipped to China. As stated, they are used in pet food as well. They are said to be very good table fare (but have odd bone structure compared to normal tablefare. You aren't going to get big boneless filets like gamefish.

The disgusting part is that market price is pennies per pound... Like 8 cents or so. They are rough on normal gill nets. All of this makes them unattractive to most commercial fishermen.


I want to catch several and see if I can't find a way to at least get a good filet off the top of the back and send the rest to processing.

Go to Illinois DNR and look them up. They have an area that showed how to clean them so all you get is a boneless fillet and cooking instructions.