Flesh quality decline in bighead and silver carp
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RE: Flesh quality decline in bighead and silver carp
The rest of the meat looked pretty good, but this was the first one he cleaned and the first fillets from one I've seen since Duane's demo at Bass Pro last year, so I wasn't too sure. Maybe we'll try the next one.
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RE: Flesh quality decline in bighead and silver carp
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The rest of the meat looked pretty good, but this was the first one he cleaned and the first fillets from one I've seen since Duane's demo at Bass Pro last year, so I wasn't too sure. Maybe we'll try the next one.
The rest of the meat looked pretty good, but this was the first one he cleaned and the first fillets from one I've seen since Duane's demo at Bass Pro last year, so I wasn't too sure. Maybe we'll try the next one.
For the fish that are losing weight, there is a lot less meat in general - lots of bones and not much meat, and what meat there is, is not very appetizing. If you get a bighead carp that looks like a tadpole, all head and no body, it is probably not very good to eat. If you can see the edges of the skull, and the meat looks concave behind the skull, it is WAY too far gone. The flesh gets nasty long before that happens.
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RE: Flesh quality decline in bighead and silver carp
I'm wondering how long it would take them to return to good flesh/taste if they found adequate food...
Obviously the muscle quality and masswould heal. Would the taste stay bad????
Obviously the muscle quality and masswould heal. Would the taste stay bad????
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RE: Flesh quality decline in bighead and silver carp
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I'm wondering how long it would take them to return to good flesh/taste if they found adequate food...
Obviously the muscle quality and masswould heal. Would the taste stay bad????
I'm wondering how long it would take them to return to good flesh/taste if they found adequate food...
Obviously the muscle quality and masswould heal. Would the taste stay bad????
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RE: Flesh quality decline in bighead and silver carp
Yeah, that's what it is coming to around here. Illinois fish are a bit better off - but getting worse. I got a tubfull of silvers on Friday, but I did not even get my filet knife out. I did take some of the guts and use them for limb line bait, and caught some catfish, so we had fish to eat.
(Don't usually use the filet knife for the catfish)
(Don't usually use the filet knife for the catfish)