I have an abundant amount of common carp around me. I was wondering if anyone has fed to their fish or think it would be okay? I will take precautions before feeding like freezing for atleast 7 days to kill parasites.
Has anyone fed Common Carp to their fish?
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Strikingly similar to using gold fish as feeders. Carp are lardy creatures that are often referred to as low nutrient lard gobs that lead to liver problems in whatever you're feeding them to.
Why to waste a good carp on your fish?
You just need some onions, salt and pepper, a little bit of bacon and a lot of butter.
You just need some onions, salt and pepper, a little bit of bacon and a lot of butter.
Same issue with goldfish on thiminase
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Good way to deal with invasive. Shame it’s seen as a dirty fish.
I remember my grandma making soup out of a large carp I tried to keep in a plastic bathtub of sorts; she said it tasted pretty good. Was really sad about the fish, but in hindsight it probably would've lived a fairly miserable life before its inevitable death.
I agree with Trouser Bark and Friller; carp make pretty bad feeders and don't have much benefit over other fish marketed as good prey for aquarium fish. They sure do make good catfish bait, though; better than chicken liver IMO. Heard they're also good compost, if there's not much else to do with them. Fun to fish for in the early spring; used to accidentally snag them on inline spinners when fishing for panfish.
I agree with Trouser Bark and Friller; carp make pretty bad feeders and don't have much benefit over other fish marketed as good prey for aquarium fish. They sure do make good catfish bait, though; better than chicken liver IMO. Heard they're also good compost, if there's not much else to do with them. Fun to fish for in the early spring; used to accidentally snag them on inline spinners when fishing for panfish.
I have an apurensis Jelly Cat which I value highly...and I use appropriately sized wild-caught fish as part of its diet. A good number of these are common carp which are often easily caught in a nearby canal; we don't specifically fish for them, but when I go fishing with my granddaughters I keep any small fish that appear to be too badly hooked for successful live-release. I keep them in a deep-freeze for at least a month before use.
Carp are likely high-thiaminase like goldfish, and they're definitely the natural-food equivalent of feeding sewer rats to a snake. I would never allow them to make up more than a very small fraction of the diet. But the response to a handful of pellets just isn't the same as it is to a hefty whole fish; I think it's worthwhile to occasionally get those predatory juices flowing.
I don't harbor any delusions that freezing does much; viruses and apparently most bacteria just shrug that off. I do hope and think that a few weeks at sub-zero likely takes care of worms and other internal parasites. It certainly can't hurt and probably helps; let's face it, the "ideal" diet would likely be comprised strictly of high-quality pellets...but both I and the catfish would find that pretty boring.
I enjoy fishing for big carp; tried to eat one a couple times, never successfully finished a plate or repeated any of those recipes. The waters are full of wonderful eating fish like walleye, perch, trout, etc., all of which are delicious prepared almost any way. Why bother eating something that might maybe be edible if prepared just the right way by an expert chef?
And, as
Trouser Cough
pointed out, they are essentially just big overweight feeder goldfish...which many folks seem to consider a good staple diet for their predators.
Carp are likely high-thiaminase like goldfish, and they're definitely the natural-food equivalent of feeding sewer rats to a snake. I would never allow them to make up more than a very small fraction of the diet. But the response to a handful of pellets just isn't the same as it is to a hefty whole fish; I think it's worthwhile to occasionally get those predatory juices flowing.
I don't harbor any delusions that freezing does much; viruses and apparently most bacteria just shrug that off. I do hope and think that a few weeks at sub-zero likely takes care of worms and other internal parasites. It certainly can't hurt and probably helps; let's face it, the "ideal" diet would likely be comprised strictly of high-quality pellets...but both I and the catfish would find that pretty boring.
I enjoy fishing for big carp; tried to eat one a couple times, never successfully finished a plate or repeated any of those recipes. The waters are full of wonderful eating fish like walleye, perch, trout, etc., all of which are delicious prepared almost any way. Why bother eating something that might maybe be edible if prepared just the right way by an expert chef?
And, as
Trouser Cough
pointed out, they are essentially just big overweight feeder goldfish...which many folks seem to consider a good staple diet for their predators.
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