Selling Carp

[CarpKing921]

I was wondering what anybody knows about selling roughfish. I know they do it commercially but what about at a small scale say the local farmers markets. I'm willing to bet theres a local market here in St.Paul

[Neighbor_guy]

I have never "sold" carp, but I used to back door them to and old guy at the chinese buffet in town. He spent all his time at the resterant and never got out. He would usualy trade a couple free buffet trips for nice clean fish. He prefered fish (only carp) of a certain size and out of lakes rather than the rum, although spring flood fish were ok.

It was a nice deal while it lasted.

[CarpKing921]

Thats the kind of workings I would be intrested in. Are there any laws against selling them?

[OTBASSER]

I used to give some to some hispanics that I worked with...just getting rid of them was enough for me...btw has anyone tried eating carp?

[Freddy1]

One of the best tasting smoked fish I've had. That was before we knew about toxins in fish. Used to get them from the St Croix. The 2-3 Lb carp are the best. I wish I knew of a clean source of carp. In the 70s Beyerlys sold smoked carp fillets along with the trout & salmon. It's a dense meaty fish with high oil content, which is why it smokes up so good.

[CarpKing921]

I know an area full of 1-4 lbers not on the river either clean water source.

[crothmeier]

Smoked carp is pretty good. We've got them out of the river in the winter (which is suprisingly clear & clean).

[Flaco651]

Quote:

Are there any laws against selling them?

This is from page 59 of the regs.

-All rough fish, except cisco (tullibee), may be bought and sold.

[CarpKing921]

Thanks Flaco must have missed that page

[fishuhalik]

I'm pretty sure smoked vomit would taste great. Smoking something's like deepfrying it, just about anything tastes great

[goblueM]

no its true.... smoked carp is great. It's up there with salmon/trout/whitefish and sturgeon in my opinon

[Maashkinoozhe]

That's why they got imported from Europe in the 1870's in the first place! As a food staple! When we started polluting our waters with raw sewage and the like, carp were one of the few fish who could survive low oxygen levels. Of course, any fish caught out of a polluted waters will taste pretty bad, and the bad reputation probably started then. Once upon a time carp were actually sold in the food markets of America - about a century ago.

[CarpKing921]

They still are seen em at cub quite a few times.

[vern]

I have seen buffalo at some of the Cub stores.

[JimBuck]

I'm pretty sure smoked vomit would taste great. Smoking something's like deepfrying it, just about anything tastes great

I disagree. Smoked vomit would not taste very good. However, smoked carp is pretty good. It's up there with Marlin for me.

[HuskerBen]

It would be difficult, at best, to smoke vomit.

Carp, on the other hand, is not bad at all. It is the most consumed fish in the world.

It is also good deep fried, if it comes from clean water and you cut out the mudline.

[ec30_06]

I'm not much for eating carp, but I always smoke a few buffalo in the spring.

[MidCoast]

Carps arent bad if you smoke.. But as mentioned already, river carps may have toxins in them.... I THINK lake carp should be clean though?

Buffalos are really good too.. But for me, they are so hard to find and catch.

[WyoChris]

One time on White Bear Lake I snagged a nice carp from shore with a treble hook. I sold it to a hmong family for 5 dollars. I'm not joking.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

I have sold some to a few Asian families that where down fishing next to me. I would suggest not to just walk up to an asian family or anyone not from here for that matter and ask them if they want to buy the fish. I got chewed out for doing so. They looked foreign but they where not and they were just [PoorWordUsage] that I would assume so. OPPS

[Lowblazah]

so they chewed you out...but then bought it from you anyway....thats funny right there!

[tsewdim]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vm2GeSF8KdM&feature=related

Check this out!

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

tell me about it. now on that video yuck that is nasty

[fish with teeth]

i go carpin down at hidden falls every spring and we had an asian family walk by when i was battling one. so they stopped and watched me reel it in. then when i was going to put it back they started yelling at me and asked if they could keep it. yuck! so i gave it to them. not where i would go to get one for eatin but they were sure happy with it. oh yeah and it was a little over 22 pounds. there sure are alot of carp down there and boy do they fight in that current.

[mainbutter]

One time on White Bear Lake I snagged a nice carp from shore with a treble hook. I sold it to a hmong family for 5 dollars. I'm not joking.

The past few years going to college, I'd spend an evening or two every week fishing if there was good weather. The nearby river was popular for the hmong families that lived nearby, and they fished for carp all the time. Whenever I caught one I just gave it to them since they were fishing for dinner.