The ultimate TERRIBLE fishing spot. No one wants to eat Asian Carp, and nothing else can live where they've taken over, which is more and more of the Mississippi and it's tributaries all the time. :-(

I've never actually agreed with the idea that nobody wants to eat them. Very few people eat the local carp, but outside of having a -lot- of bones, they make a great meal, with a wonderful flavor. And you can minimize the problems with the bones in a few different ways. Once they hit about 12-15 pounds, you can cut them into steaks, with two bones per steak. Or you can smoke and can them (my own personal favorite, as they soak up the smoke better than any other fish I've ever tried), which softens the bones until they're edible, just like canned salmon.

I'd have more worries over eating -any- fish caught in the Mississippi than I would over this one species from any other waters.

@newtboy ah, okay, sorry. I didn't realize they were carp. We have a carp problem here in our Murray River, such to the extent that if you catch a carp it's illegal to throw it back! (and as a side note it makes it difficult to fish as after an hour or so you can't cast into the water for all the pelicans, eying off your pile of carp )

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Don't get me wrong, I wish people would eat them. They would make a great replacement for many fish that are extinct or endangered, if they weren't so polluted (a good point you made). There's nothing else wrong with them IMO, they just aren't on the menu for Americans (mostly). They seem like a perfect fish to farm though. I would like to see the McCarp sandwich, but it's not likely.

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