Goby invasive?

[Joel52]

poor little goby... < sob>

 

[hammercarp]

poor little goby... < sob>

Funny thing is. That is the exact emotion that non-anglers feel when they see us killing gobies. It leaves a poor impression.

 

[ScugogBassFisher2011]

Excuse me but common carp are indeed an invasive species, they have become entrenched now because they have been here for so long, but the carp is not a native North American fish. I don't really care what the regs say. Anyone who has been around Cootes Paradise in Hamilton for 40 years can see the destruction they can cause in a very fragile eco-system. Cootes used to be like a nursery for freshly hatched fish with all the weeds to hide out in and avoid predators.. Carp have uprooted all the vegetation and now there is no place for baby fish to hide out. The pike and bass are no longer there. I commend the Royal Botanical Gardens with their effort to control the carp, but it's not working completely. I will probably see many and maybe even catch one or two not long after 5 a.m. tomorrow morning. Any I catch will be released, but they will be released on the Harbor side of the carp barrier (LOL)

Alfie.

Carp put up good fights, but they are mad ugly fish in my opinion lol, I rather catch bass lol... and lol I read that Carp taste like pond scum or dung lol... like mud... so they aren't that great for eating either.

 

[RedSkullz]

I catch sculpins in a local creek that i fish for chubs for bait. And i catch gobies in georgian bay with worms at our catfish spot. In that pic they do look similar, but once you see alot of gobies you will reckognize sculpins right away. Dont kill the sculpins, only the gobies. I release the sculpins when i catch them, since you dont see too many anymore.

 

[NADO]

Carp put up good fights, but they are mad ugly fish in my opinion lol, I rather catch bass lol... and lol I read that Carp taste like pond scum or dung lol... like mud... so they aren't that great for eating either.

Its tradition in Poland to keep a live carp in their bathtub for a few days and then eat it on Christmas, I saw a youtube video on it yesterday. I havent gotten the courage to try carp yet but it seems that some cultures find them quite tasty. If you catch a carp out of a small pond in a public park that is heavily polluted then obviously it isnt going to taste good, but if you get it out of a clean river or lake then it may taste pretty good. What we need to control our carp population is for people around here to develop a similar taste for carp. People commenting on the youtube video complained that the carp were overfished and are now underpopulated...sounds a little far fetched based on how well carp reproduce but hey if they are here to stay we might as well promote them as a good meal. Im going to have to work up the courage soon and try one.

 

[Mykester]

I've had carp before on Christmas, it did have a murkish taste but I liked it.

 

[NADO]

Nice, do you know where it was caught or if it was farm raised?

 

[Mykester]

I'm not sure, but probably farm raised. You can buy fresh carp on Roncesvalles (near High Park ) around Christmas time.

 

[Alfiegee]

I'm not sure, but probably farm raised. You can buy fresh carp on Roncesvalles (near High Park ) around Christmas time.

Uhmmmm sounds tasty. You kidding me, I'm kidding.

Alfie.

 

[NADO]

U know halibut is also a bottom feeder...

 

[Alfiegee]

U know halibut is also a bottom feeder...

LOL. That's not even nearly the same thing.
Have you tasted a halibut and a carp ? LMAO, apples and raw sewage.
Many many carp fishers will not eat one of those things. It is great to catch a nice one, they fight like the devil, but carp is a catch and release fish, they taste like ****

Alfie.

 

[NADO]

Are you speaking from experience or are you just going with the popular belief?

 

[float^drifter]

carp are not bad, but it depends where u catch them like nado said. I had my uncle come from Europe last summer, usually i don't eat carp just c&r but he wanted to keep it. When he cooked it it actually tasted prettty good, i guess u have to know how to prepare the fish as well :smile:

 

[Jet fishin]

Yeah they destroy our fishing, port dover, collingwoid harbour all tsken over! On the port dover pier a kid nrxt to me caught a huge gobie. More like a gobeast, im afraid that if people atent going to start killing them they are here to stay!