If asian carp takeover the great lakes, are they good for fishing? Do they hit on lures or bait?
I live right in the area where the fish kill took place so stuff about them is constantly in the local papers. From what I have read they are plankton eaters, that’s what’s bad about them. All the little things that the other fish feed on eat plankton. You would have to find a way to bait a hook with plankton to catch them. And they are not good to eat as I understand.
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It would be horrible. They’re an invasive species that eat all the food in an ecosystem and crowd out other species, causing the other species to die out. If they got to the Great Lakes, it would be the end of the fishing industry there as we know it. They’re not good eating
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I live right in the area where the fish kill took place so stuff about them is constantly in the local papers. From what I have read they are plankton eaters, that’s what’s bad about them. All the little things that the other fish feed on eat plankton. You would have to find a way to bait a hook with plankton to catch them. And they are not good to eat as I understand.
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Although bighead carp reach large size, they are difficult to capture with a rod and reel because of their filter-feeding habits. They may be captured by the "suspension method" used to catch silver carp, or, where legal, by snagging them by jerking a weighted treble hook through the water. They are also popular targets for bowfishers. Bighead carp cannot be shot from the air like silver carp, because, unlike the silver carp, they do not jump from the water in response to moving boats. However, they often feed near the surface where they can be shot by bowfishers.
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Asian carp can actually be used for something. Not good to eat, for us anyway. People have been catching them and selling them to these companies for so many cents/lb. The companies will grind them up and use them for fish food–like goldfish.
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