Blowfishing the carp spawn

[Kain]

The spawn is on and the lake is INFESTED.  Yall should go out and shoot as many as you can.  Vancouver Lake organization just paid gill netters to remove 1600+ and they are doing it again this month. 

[Kain]

https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/spokane-based-company-plucks-1615-invasive-carp-from-vancouver-lake/?fbclid=IwAR0ytGIsqYG9-0a6C9yTT9-1u07Uyrf2Et4rK33EA6jNP9CkIovoOxZM0UA

[Boss .300 winmag]

Do you ever use a bow?

[Kain]

Do you ever use a bow?

Not yet.  I have an old bow but I dont have anything else. 

[lewy]

Looks like a blast

[GWP]

They have a Tournament in Moses every year. My BIL’s came in third one year with 270+ lbs (if I remember correctly) of carp.
It can be addictive...

[Kain]

They have a Tournament in Moses every year. My BIL’s came in third one year with 270+ lbs (if I remember correctly) of carp.
It can be addictive...

I could see getting those kinds of numbers easily with a bow and just horsing them in.  The hardest part of the whole deal is disposal.  I can only dig so many holes.   

[Rainier10]

The spawn is on already? I thought it happened later in may. What lake?

[Kain]

The spawn is on already? I thought it happened later in may. What lake?

Vancouver lake.  I had been checking for the last couple weeks.  Water was super low last week.  I even brought a pole a few days ago in case it had not started.  When I got there the water was up and the carp were boiling in shallows.  This lake heats up really fast because its so shallow. 

[carpsniperg2]

Good stuff!

[Lucky1]

Really cool. We used to shoot them with bows back in MN. Lots of fun. I didn’t know about shooting them on Vancouver lake. If my shoulder ever heals back up, I am going down there and give it a try.
A 20 pound carp is huge!

[Kain]

Really cool. We used to shoot them with bows back in MN. Lots of fun. I didn’t know about shooting them on Vancouver lake. If my shoulder ever heals back up, I am going down there and give it a try.
A 20 pound carp is huge!

21.8

[Kain]

That little rod is doing some work.  LOL

[NRA4LIFE]

That is really cool.  Have you ever tried smoking them?  If you can get past the bones they're not too bad, a little oily.  We used to shoot them with bows back in WI when I was younger.  Me and a buddy used to go out in a canoe.  He shot a monster one time that towed us around for awhile.  That one might have been 40 plus. We took them to a local bait shop and the guy would sell them to some coworkers down in Milwaukee.  Got us free minnows for the summer.

[Kain]

I might try it one day.  If it was any other body of water I would do it now.  Its just something about that lake that seems too nastyy to eat anything out of it.  I know lots of the Russians keep carp at the Felida launch so they must be fine.  I just have to get over it probably and try one.  For now they will be bait for crawfish and maybe sturgeon.

[3dvapor]

Watch on YouTube someone cleaning one that will cure you from ever wanting to eat a carp.  Guaranteed!

[whackmaster]

That is so cool 

[GWP]

Watch on YouTube someone cleaning one that will cure you from ever wanting to eat a carp.  Guaranteed!

How so? I have cleaned, smoked and eaten them. Very good. Others that tried mine liked it.
I brine, then pressure cook for 45 minutes, then smoke/dry for 6-7 hours. The bones get soft enough you don’t notice them.

[Kain]

Watch on YouTube someone cleaning one that will cure you from ever wanting to eat a carp.  Guaranteed!

I filleted several of the small ones and kept the meat and eggs.  Two of the bigs ones got me two gallon ziplocks full of eggs.  I plan on using them for crawfish bait but there didnt seem to be anything nasty about their insides or the meat.  Meat is interesting though since its got different colors.