Posted: 6/18/2009 9:00:05 PM EDT
So a friend and I took off a couple weekends ago to Brownlee reservoir on the Oregon/Idaho border where his folks have place. It was a pretty great time, shot the M1A, the Saiga .308 and a few other guns. I fished every night until midnight or later. Brownlee is full of fish, Crappie, catfish and more but each night the Carp that would roll under the lights were huge. We caught one and I succumbed to the need to fillet it and smoke it. It was a smaller one (about 15 lbs) by comparison to what was there. Anyway, I have always wondered how they were. Bony to be sure but not bad really. In China I hear they are known as the buffalo fish and eaten regularly but so far thats hearsay. If it came down to survival, they are pretty good smoked.
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| catching with rod and reel is fun but i tell ya what, get a bow in your hands and give it a shot!! ill email pics too any one that wants them i just suck at posting pics online. also potholes and moses are awesome for carp fishing I ussually go every memorial day and missed it this year so we will do a lter trip hopefully during the spawn. anyone else here bowfish????? |
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... anyone else here bowfish????? Havne't in several years but used to go for Alligator gar donw in TX. got several smaller ones. The largest I ever got was 45#. That was out of a canoe. It pulled us around pretty good until we coudl get to land. I haven't shot my bow in years. 
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anyone else here bowfish????? Yep! MANY years ago, last time was 1980 and it was in Louisiana (Homa). I used a 60# bow....... ...but, when we would go to the Gulf of Mexico is where it really got interesting.....schools of fish would come approx. 10'-20' away from shore and we would pluck 'em from there. That is if the (blue) Dungenous Crab didn't get us first. 
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Quoted:the Gulf of Mexico is where it really got interesting.....schools of fish would come approx. 10'-20' away from shore
and we would pluck 'em from there. That is if the (blue) Dungenous Crab didn't get us first. !There aren't any Dungeness crabs on the Gulf. There are plenty o' blue crabs... and even stone crabs, but no dungeness that I know of. Stone crab claws: 
And the oh-so-delicious blue crab: 
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Quoted:the Gulf of Mexico is where it really got interesting.....schools of fish would come approx. 10'-20' away from shore
and we would pluck 'em from there. That is if the (blue) Dungenous Crab didn't get us first. !There aren't any Dungeness crabs on the Gulf. There are plenty o' blue crabs... and even stone crabs, but no dungeness that I know of. Stone crab claws: http://www.theclawhouse.com/images/CrabSizes.jpg And the oh-so-delicious blue crab: http://flyingfishshop.com/GMPicts/CrabBlue.jpg Yeah......those right there, all I know is they hang-out in the shallow water and if you aren't paying attention......you just caught one with your toes! ....no friggin' fun for a kid, but DAMN good eatin'. How l miss the big-ass crawdad / crab / shrimp bakes from the south. |
