bowfishing fish dump

[Trap-Daddy]

what is everyone doing with all their fish they shoot? i see a lot of people throwing them on the bank and leaving them which I'm pretty sure is illegal.

[lexingtontexas]

Definitely illegal! My dad has trained me that you eat what you shoot.

[lexingtontexas]

If you don't think carp taste good then don't shoot them

[sweetinlow660]

I use mine for food plot fertilizer. There is not a law against wanton waste of non game/trash fish however you can be fined for illegal dumping if you leave them laying on the bank. Plus it doesn't sit well with the anti crowd. Couple hundred pounds of carp through a chipper shredder sure makes the turnips grow though!

[lexingtontexas]

Never thought of that. Recycling....

[konalehmann91]

From what I've heard, carp are tasty fish and in many countries (and the U.S. when carp were first introduced) carp are cuisine affair. Also realize that carp are rising in popularity as game fish (see carppro.net. There are my fly-fishing bucket list) so in my opinion it's even more important to show we can treat the resource with respect by using them for something useful whether that's food or for fertilizer.

Just remember one man's "trash" fish is another man's freshwater bonefish...

[little john]

I use the carpet we catch both fishing for catfish bait on trotlines

[GarGuy]

Where are you seeing folks throw them on the bank? Call your warden. All our gar are eaten. carp for gar bait and I feed buffalo to my pond gar.

[Landrover]

We just ate about 4 pounds tonight..........with plenty more to go!!! Been eating garfish my whole life!

[Low Fence]

In the day we could throw em back.... most would live. Now you can't so I feed buzzards on a back lot of ours. 3 days and you can't tell where I dumped them, and that's with over 1000#

Make great fertilizer for land and lakes. If you like to eat em great, I don't care for carp or buffalo due to bones and prep work. Gator gar is ok, long nose and spotted gar are horrible.

Coyotes
Coons
Armadillos
Opposums
And most feral hogs I shoot make the list of things I kill that I don't eat..... Guess my dad didn't raise me right

[GarGuy]

From what I've heard, carp are tasty fish and in many countries (and the U.S. when carp were first introduced) carp are cuisine affair. Also realize that carp are rising in popularity as game fish (see carppro.net. There are my fly-fishing bucket list) so in my opinion it's even more important to show we can treat the resource with respect by using them for something useful whether that's food or for fertilizer.

Just remember one man's "trash" fish is another man's freshwater bonefish...

Carp has the texture of a tu#rd wrapped in guacamole. Absolutely horrible. The do enormous damage to waterways and other fish species as well. That's plenty reason to kill them.

[JTRichardson]

I cut up the gar/carp/buffalo and use them as hog bait. Let em sit in a closed trash can for a few days then bury them a few inches under and hunt that spot.

[txtrophy85]

Definitely illegal! My dad has trained me that you eat what you shoot.

daddy isn't always right.

lots of animals need killing that aren't table fare, coyotes, coons, bobcats, mountain lions, etc.

its not written that you MUST eat everthing you kill, as some animals aren't fit to eat.


Carp are an introduced species, and can overpopulate a water way. look at the Asian carp that are clogging up rivers up north.

You shouldn't feel bad for killing a carp and dumping it, it dosent go to waste, buzzards, cats and coons have to eat too.

[FamousAmos]

From what I've heard, carp are tasty fish and in many countries (and the U.S. when carp were first introduced) carp are cuisine affair. Also realize that carp are rising in popularity as game fish (see carppro.net. There are my fly-fishing bucket list) so in my opinion it's even more important to show we can treat the resource with respect by using them for something useful whether that's food or for fertilizer.

Just remember one man's "trash" fish is another man's freshwater bonefish...

I was served carp in the home of a Russian family while I visited Germany. Truly disgusting. I was sick afterwards. Never again. But I will shoot them and feed to the coons and skunks in an off-the-beaten-path location.

[txtrophy85]

people also have to remember that people in other countries eat disgusting stuff because that's all they have to eat.

just cause its considered a delicacy in a market in Thailand doesn't mean its gonna taste good to you.