One year I was in Illinois on a Whitetail hunt and the land owner stopped by our camp and took us to a bar. They were having a "all you can eat" Carp feed. We eat and drank till we DAMN near passed out and it was very good. The next year I kept some Carp from Banks Lake, battered and fried it up just like the bar did and let me tell you it wasn't fit to eat.
Maybe it was just the time of year or the bar cooked a different kind of Carp. Not really sure but I will not be trying this again for awhile.
The best part of it was when I packed them up to the campground fillet table, nobody wanted me to put them on the table till they got all their fish off and out of the way. lol I think they all felt sorry for us because they thought we couldn't catch anything but Carp. lol One of the guys even offered us some of his Walleye.