i don't shoot any rivers (although I'd like to start). I do go snagging for spoonbill however. We catch truck loads of carp trying to catch spoonbill. just yesterday we caught close to 40 of them and several were over 30 pounds and it was kind of a slow day. I have tried to clean the big head and there are just so many bones I had a hard time with. is the bone structure the same in the silver carp? Did you just fillet the fish and cook it and remove the bones after? the spoonbill is a fish eaters dream, no bones what so ever in the whole fish.