Throwing Carp on Shore to Die

[Feathers Rainin]

your right, its very simple. let them go

Most of the fish don't release very well after you put an arrow through them but maybe you've had a different experience?

The asains in the town I went to college in would flood their basements and raise carp to eat. I am sure you could make some money off of them if you could find the right people.

[Mid-Lake Rock]

Ive been saying it for years but there has to be a way to cook them, that isnt smoking them, to where the mainstream can start taking them home.

They are such a great fight! Why not keep them and prepare them if there is a good way to do so?

There was a locally produced television show a few years back called "Cook What You Catch." I watched it on WFN. One episode featured bow fishing for carp and they had a professional chef prepare the meal. It was a jerk rubbed carp with chutney. They cooked it on the grill and it looked good. I tried to Google the episode quickly, however I didn't find the recipe.

[rockman]

So are you justifying breaking the law just because you shoot fish with a bow? I don't shoot fish with a bow, and can't speak for Jack Pine Guy, but a few members of the bow fishing community (not everyone) need to get on the ball a bit more, and quit taking the lazy way out by disposing of fish this way. Not trying to stir the pot here, but I call it like I see it.

[Feathers Rainin]

So are you justifying breaking the law just because you shoot fish with a bow? I don't shoot fish with a bow, and can't speak for Jack Pine Guy, but a few members of the bow fishing community (not everyone) need to get on the ball a bit more, and quit taking the lazy way out by disposing of fish this way. Not trying to stir the pot here, but I call it like I see it.

I never said that now did I? I was just pointing out that catch and release is not an option with bow fishing and most of the carp on the shore are likely from bowfisherman. I do not bow fish but if I did I would find something to do with the fish. Instead of complaining on a forum maybe you should consider calling a CO when you see wanton waste happening. I think that would be much more productive at solving the problem.

[rockman]

Okay. The other side of the coin is, the shore anglers with rod and reel are not excused from throwing carp on shore, either. Who said I was complaining? Calling a CO is fine, but how about having some ethics when it comes to fishing activities of all types. You piped in this discussion about releasing of fish after arrowing them, not me, and yet you don't bow fish. Yes, I made an assumption about you being a bowfisherman, so pardon me for it. Seems like you and I are pretty much on the same page anyway, so it's time to move on.

[TruthWalleyes]

I think the cover of 2014 regulations should be related to wanton waste with an emphasis on carp. It's time to kill the idea in many people's heads that you must leave carp on shore. That law died in 1981.

Here's a good cover:

Release what you don't eat.

It's illegial to leave fish on the shores.

[WallyGader]

Im not sure if im missing something here or not but, am I being a bad person/sportsmen for just enjoying the sport of shooting them, and then just digging a big hole and burying them??

[Double D]

No you are not because when all is said and done there are too many and some of them have to go.

DD

[rockman]

No, not at all. Out of 25 folks that are archery anglers, 1 or 2, or a handful, will do the wrong thing. If all the bow fishing folks here at HSO follow the law, and dispose of them accordingly, then those that don't probably don't view this forum anyway. Same holds true for the rod and reel anglers, but the numbers are probably higher for those anglers with a rod/reel, that throw the fish on shore. The issue makes for a good topic/thread. I would bow fish myself, and see nothing wrong with it, but I don't have the time to do so.

[CANOPY SAM]

Is it possible that the guys who shoot a barrel full of carp are actually selling them somewhere for critter food of some type?

I'm sure all of you have seen the program Bottom Feeders. These guys make a living catching carp and other rough fish, as well as catfish, and sell them at some sort of market. I don't know who buys them, but I'd guess they're being sold for some sort of critter feed?

When I was young we used to have clouds of sheepshead in our local river. When they turned the electric turbines on at the dam there would be huge schools of sheepshead lazily swimming just ahead of the current. Back then there were still lots of mink farmers in the area. They would come every night and fill 50 gallon barrels full of fish and either take them to mink farmers for sale, or likely feed their own mink.

Releasing the fish back to the water is obviously the best course of action. What's sad is when someone is catching carp after carp, and they simply continue to catch them only to throw them on shore. I mean honestly, if you don't want to catch carp just go somewhere else. It doesn't make sense. I agree with the OP. It's akin to cr_pping where you eat.