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Any commercial fishermen here?

80 Proof

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I'm not, but I follow a group on Facebook about the people catching carp on Kentucky and Barkley. I've seen them out there working too, pretty crazy how many they can catch in a day.
 
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DudahUK

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80 Proof said:
I'm not, but I follow a group on Facebook about the people catching carp on Kentucky and Barkley. I've seen them out there working too, pretty crazy how many they can catch in a day.
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What’s the fish that jump out the water when they feel/hear/whatever the engine? Can’t they just mow them down when they do that? Like I said, not a fisherman, ha.

Also, I thought carp were a nasty fish? Like, not really eatable? Am I wrong I guess?
 
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SosaUK87 said:
What’s the fish that jump out the water when they feel/hear/whatever the engine? Can’t they just mow them down when they do that? Like I said, not a fisherman, ha.

Also, I thought carp were a nasty fish? Like, not really eatable? Am I wrong I guess?
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Silver carp are the jumpers, but there are a few species that make up the group known as Asian carp. The jumping is theatrical, but they live in the water. Some of the commercial long netters will bring in 15 tons per day.

The fish are mostly either processed as food and sent to asian countries, ground up as animal food, or ground up for fertilizer. The reason most people don't eat carp is due to the amount of small bones in the meat. There are ways to filet them that remove the bones, and the meat is actually pretty good.
 
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DudahUK

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80 Proof said:
Silver carp are the jumpers, but there are a few species that make up the group known as Asian carp. The jumping is theatrical, but they live in the water. Some of the commercial long netters will bring in 15 tons per day.

The fish are mostly either processed as food and sent to asian countries, ground up as animal food, or ground up for fertilizer. The reason most people don't eat carp is due to the amount of small bones in the meat. There are ways to filet them that remove the bones, and the meat is actually pretty good.
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Thank you sir. Are the netters like drudgers?
 
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80 Proof said:
Silver carp are the jumpers, but there are a few species that make up the group known as Asian carp. The jumping is theatrical, but they live in the water. Some of the commercial long netters will bring in 15 tons per day.

The fish are mostly either processed as food and sent to asian countries, ground up as animal food, or ground up for fertilizer. The reason most people don't eat carp is due to the amount of small bones in the meat. There are ways to filet them that remove the bones, and the meat is actually pretty good.
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Rinella purees them with bones in and turns them into fish cakes. Swears they are one of his favorite foods.
 
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SosaUK87 said:
Thank you sir. Are the netters like drudgers?
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I think its probably the sa.e thing. The long netters will put out a couple thousand feet of net and take in a whole bay at once. They return everything except for the invasive carp.
 
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I think its probably the sa.e thing. The long netters will put out a couple thousand feet of net and take in a whole bay at once. They return everything except for the invasive carp.
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Where do they process tons of carp?
 
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