On the Menu....Carp....

[unirdna]

I dont mean for this to be a personal attack, I just think its a mixup with common names.

Not at all. That is why the scientific community uses Latin names - to avoid this cultural common-name mishmash. I'll take a look over at spearboard and see what the heck they are eating - probably an invasive.

By the way, the invasive grass carp (superior mouth, planktivore) is all but fished out of its native Asian waters. Conversely, large-mouth bass and bluegills have destroyed ecosystems in Japan and Europe.

There is a new selection pressure for all animals of the world - make every effort to taste bad to humans.

 

[fleshy]

There is a new selection pressure for all animals of the world - make every effort to taste bad to humans.

Funny, but true. Its sad to see how we will fish everything to extinction. Instead of trying to taste bad they should try and get the ugliest names possible. Funny how no one wanted to eat "Patagonian Toothfish", call the fillets "Sea Bass" though, and all of a sudden its a delicacy.

When you read the spearboard thread now consider if they are both talking about the same fish. Notice how the people with the pictures of the bottom feeding carp aren't talking about eating them. But there are people saying "buffs" taste good. Have you ever tried a "Madison Buff" as I guess I will call them now? Ha ha.

 

[Jon]

I've eaten them before (smoked) and they were delicious.

 

[fleshy]

Problem solved through research and scientific names. OUR FISH ARE NEITHER. The ones in the madison lakes are "Bigmouth Buffalo". They are native, and planktivores. Scientific Name: Ictiobus cyprinellus. The species being shot in Texas are also apparently natives, with the common name "Smallmouth Buffalo". They are bottom feeders, described in some literature as an "important food fish" which would explain the claims of them being tasty. Scientific Name: Ictiobus bubalus. Case closed.

 

[slingshaft]

Yep, We'all here in the Lonestar State eat rattlesnake,gators,frogs,armadillos and the occasional Great Lakes stragglers.:t