That's as good a way to cook it as any."
It may reject bait because it remembers that a particular substance or smell was previously accompanied by a hook.
The right species of carp taken from the right water is actually quite a delicious fish with a taste much like the revered Salmon. The smoke fish was also very tasteful according to him. In the waters of the midwest U.S. they are abundant, and actually have very good meat.
Keith says it makes for a pleasant, subtle-tasting dish. I won't buy carp though because they are an invasive species around here.
Many people won't go for carp because it's a bottom feeder, which carries a stigma for some reason. In China, Asian carp have been farmed and eaten for over a thousand years, and a certain kind of entrepreneur saw the spread of the Asian carp as an opportunity. "If you catch a walleye in August in the Minnesota River, which is the most polluted river in the state, it's not going to taste good," said Dixon.
Carp can and do survive in extremely polluted water, but they won't taste good. A carp is an intelligent fish and it also has a memory. Carp are an underrated fish. With enough food supply the grass carp can get to be a pretty good size. If the bottom tastes good, the carp probably taste good. "Carp from the Minnesota won't taste good, either." Carp may test the food’s nutritional content, its taste or to determine if it has gone off. Carp can and do survive in extremely polluted water, but they won't taste good. Asian carp of all types have white, firm, mild flesh, which is excellent table fare, but all Asian carp also have intramuscular bones in the filets that many people find undesirable. Catfish has a unique taste.
Said it was the biggest fish he ever shot. "If you catch a walleye in August in the Minnesota River, which is the most polluted river in the state, it's not going to taste good," said Dixon. The reason that more people don't eat them is that they can taste muddy, and they have bones throughout their muscles, making for a rather unpleasent surprise if you munch down on one. It knows what’s good and what’s not edible.
Asian carp feed low on the food web, are fast growing, are low in fat in the filets, and are not usually bottom feeders — all properties of fish that are lower in contaminants.
"Carp from the Minnesota won't taste good, either." In the 2010s, a burst of carp-focused fish processors sprouted along the Mississippi River system —often accompanied by breathless press coverage about their potential economic impact. The Carp Taste The book The Compelat Angler published in the 17 th century called carp “the Queen of the Rivers” and with good reason. Tim farmer was bow fishing for asian carp at Barkley on this weeks Ky. Afield. He deep fried it and made the comment that it's as good as crappie and or bluegill.
He took them back to cook and taste test. It has a sweet, mild, and moist taste with firm flesh that has less flake, compared to some other whitefish. Unlike most fish, the farmed catfish are more preferred, rather than the wild variety. Can't remember the size,but it was big.
I'm just not particularly moved by the taste of tilapia. Grass carp also do not prey upon invertebrates, fish eggs, or small fish; they much prefer water weeds and thin leaved pond weeds.