Big Carp Show em off

[davetclown]

thanks....

absolutley they are edible.

what you have to watch for is the water they come out of. if it is dirty and skanky I wouldnt eat them either,

but if you can find them in a nice clean water lake, or stream. they are pretty taisty. there are bones to watch out for.

and avoid what is called the mud vain. when you fillett it, you cant miss it. it is the one running right down the center of the fillett. The dirtyer the water the muddier the vein will be...

the back straps and belly straps are boneless. the mid section is quite large and the bones can be pulled out individualy. they are big not wirey like pike bones.

I like to use a corn bread batter or a beer batter on carp.
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