Big Buffalo Carp
#5
I actually tried cooking them this year and can honestly say they turned out good! They are very bony so what I did was cut the fillets off of them first. Instead of scoring them I cut them into a bunch of small chunks and put them through a meat grinder like i would making hamburger for deer. Then i mixed in seasoning, rolled the meat up in little balls (meatball size),then rolled them in bread crumbs and finally deep fried them. Kind of a lot of work but better then wasting the fish throwing them in the ditch.
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Northern WI
Posts: 853
Another option, in case you get tired of the many many deep fried carp balls, is to help those squash and pumpkins grow - one of these chopped up and buried can give you some nice gardening results. As a kid in central WI I remember growing a 100+ pound banana squash courtesy of a big fat carp I snagged and brought home. At any rate, make use of them.