RE: What do ya do with the fish
Ain't them ugle things cute? Carp needs all the red meat cut off and thrown away. Even better de-boned. Last year I did about 14 fish fries with carp, and people were amazed - usually that someone who they thought didn't like fish was eating it up.
One other thing - where abouts are you? It might help to get with someone who knows what they're doing.