Carp what to do with them?
I catch lots if carp i fish for them sometimes and or catch them by mistake do you throw them in the field or let them go or stick a knife in the belly and let it go to die underwater the only practical use i have ever been told is to keep them and bury them in the vegetable garden they make good fertilizer anyone have a better method?
thanks you asking stick500
i guess im making a mass carp grave in my garden ;)
Carp- what to do with them
The regulations are vague. On page 20 of the 2009 regulations:
"Suckers, redhorse, carp, and other rough fish (unless listed as threatened or endangered, p. 13) may be taken by hand or hook and line. However, it is illegal to fish by hook and line in a trout stream during the closed trout season. (See separate 2009–2010 Spearing, Netting, and Bait Harvest Regulations). You may return rough fish taken by hand or hook and line to the water. Rough fish taken by spear or bow and arrow may not be returned to the water. Dispose of them properly; do not leave them on shore or on the ice."
The options seem to be to release the fish back into the water or keep the fish. I disagree with returning the fish back to water, but I also understand why they are not to be left on shore. I remember fishing with my friends as a kid catching so many carp and stacking them on shore like firewood. I seem to recall back then you were not to return the fish back to water, but we created a big stench pile in doing so.