Carp = Bad Fishy?...

[Clay]

I've only eaten smaller gar - up to 5# or so - but I've never run into what you describe. Don't know.

Maybe it was the type of gar that I ate, I know that there are different species or maybe it was the way that I cooked it. But I have never seen any other fish flesh like that and I am in no big rush to try gar again after that experience.

I do find it sad that we have some many people hungry in this country and so many carp available. I would donate some of those fish to a shelter since their population levels could use some thinning in my area, BUT I would think that either they couldn't accept fish that isn't USDA inspected or that someone would think that I am trying to do something negative to the homelsss in my area. Why didn't you bring us walleye, but no, we are homeless and you bring us carp????

I know that many hunter donate venison to homeless shelters, it's too bad we can't use this resource better to feed people that are hungry. Carp were brought to this country as a food source.