Phil L wrote:
:: riverman wrote:
:::: I'm not a carp fisherman, but its interesting to watch an entire
:::: industry springing up. In advertisements for carp lakes, I see
:::: pictures of these guys with these giant nets, filled with carp.
:::: Many of them look like they have two or three dozen fish or more,
:::: with a total weight into the hundreds of pounds.
::::
:::: My question, being primarily a C&R fisherman, is what do you DO
:::: with all that fish?? It seems like (and I know I could be wrong
:::: here) that the purpose of the net is to be able to brag to other
:::: carp fishermen about what a huge pile of fish you caught, but I
:::: cannot imagine someone EATING that much fish. And some of them
:::: (the really big ones) are pretty old: I also cant imagine the carp
:::: lake having too many of those monsters.
::::
:::: So what do you do with all the fish? Sell it to a catfood company?
:::: Toss it in the woods? Eat it? Sell it to a fish mongerer? This is
:::: all entirely foreign to me....
::
:: We generally let the fish go in the UK, I know in America they eat
:: everything they catch, but over here, we only eat trout, salmon, the
:: occasional pike, and sea fish...if you are in this country then this
:: is obviously a troll.

After a brief search, you are American but in the UK?
Don't take your catch home with you in this country as it's
illegal.......lots of people like fishing for carp as they provide good
sport and it requires a high level of patience....also you want to catch
something wich is going to pull back a bit!