Thread: Tail about a buffalo carp

Always heard they were good if treated properly. Well I caught a 10lb er or so and said I am going to try to smoke this. Gutted and cut off head. Watched a few utube videos and they said cut off fins and scale so I did. They also said to brine and gave a basic brine recipe. Which I followed somewhat and soaked fish for 24hrs. Got it on the smoker at about 180 for 6-7 hrs turned up the heat to 230 for another hour. Checked with thermometer 155 so cranked up heat just to make sure for about 20 minutes took off let cool and deboned fish. Wow this is flakey lite fish meat really good taste think about several ways to use it fish cakes, fish spread just good as it is. Suprised for sure. Not alot of product from 1 fish but to have several and do them at one time would be good for sure.