Seafood

Smoke the fish for at least 10 hours. The fish will need to reach an internal temperature of 180 degrees F and continue cooking at… Read More »Can You Eat Smoked Carp?

All carp have these Y-shaped bones. They remain in the fillet in two rows, one above and one below the lateral line. A carp fillet… Read More »Do Carp Have Y Bones?

Skinning a Carp Fillet Usually, you can grill a fish fillet with the skin on (salmon, for instance), but carp have what is known as… Read More »Do Carp Have Mud Veins?

Whole Small Marshmallows These small marshmallows are perfect-sized for trout, panfish, and carp. What is this? You could run anything from a size 5 hook… Read More »Do Marshmallows Work For Carp?

Carp scales are very large, over 1/2 inch wide. Scale the fish by drawing the knife across the body from head to tail, pressing to… Read More »How Do You Descale A Carp?

According to NPR, the carp in the bathtub tradition is likely rooted in a time of pre-refrigerator necessity, and the practice was a way to… Read More »Why Is There A Carp In The Bathtub?

Slack lines, fluorocarbon and matching the colours of the bottom or the water around are all good ways of disguising the line and it does… Read More »How Do I Stop Spook Carp?

Carp love and regularly react to a wind, even if it’s a cold one. They wont necessarily move into the windward corner but they will… Read More »Do Carps Always Follow Wind?

Examples include salmon and carp who still exhibit “hook-shyness” a year after having been caught. A previous study with cleaner fish also showed that they… Read More »Do Carp Remember Being Caught?

Koi are known as “benthic feeders”. Benthic feeders live near the bottom of a body of water and subsist off of what they can find… Read More »Is Koi Carp A Bottom Feeder?