This looks so good!

[voluptuary_manque]

All right, that does it. I'm off to the live fish market for tonight's dinner. Whole roasted fish? I am so there.

 

[stephen55]

It's easy when the fish is almost a half a foot long.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

It's easy when the fish is almost a half a foot long.

I wouldn't waste a trout on that but a walleye? A three pound pike? A two and a half pound smallmouth? What's the problem?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Bear, back when I was a teen, I used to spend 2 or 3 weeks every summer hiking and camping along the Jersey or Long Island shore (can't do that anymore!), and would eat my catch. Nothing like a fresh whole fish roasted over a driftwood fire. Didn't matter what species; I was an equal opportunity piscivore. And on the cobble beaches of Staten Island (Wolf's Pond was the best), fresh-dug soft-shells (piss clams, we called them) steamed on the beach...

 

[stephen55]

I wouldn't waste a trout on that but a walleye? A three pound pike? A two and a half pound smallmouth? What's the problem?

A long time ago, you could kill a wild steelhead caught in some of the rivers out in western British Columbia, like the Skeena or the Kispiox. I would go out there with three buddies and we would motor up and down the rivers, going from pool to pool, casting our flies upon the waters.

If someone landed a small one, say six or seven pounds, in the morning, then we would do it up on the barbie for shore lunch. A bottle of white, served at river temperature would help it go down. The leftovers were kept to make into sandwiches at happy hour later in the afternoon.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Oh, you're in BC. That's different. However, given huge Chinese population in Vancouver there just have to be life fish markets around. And I tried it out last night and it was as good as advertised.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Oh, you're in BC. That's different. However, given huge Chinese population in Vancouver there just have to be life fish markets around. And I tried it out last night and it was as good as advertised.

Yes, and in Ontario, a Chinese fish merchant just had his second conviction for possession of live Asian carp; nothing quite as enjoyable as seeing an invasive species overwhelm the indigenous...Well, who'd want biodiversity when there's money to be made...

 

[TxRad]

Yes, and in Ontario, a Chinese fish merchant just had his second conviction for possession of live Asian carp; nothing quite as enjoyable as seeing an invasive species overwhelm the indigenous...Well, who'd want biodiversity when there's money to be made...

They introduced Asian carp in a local lake to clear the weeds and overgrown vegetation. They were supposed to be irradiated so they only lasted a few years and didn't reproduce. Somewhere there was a goof up as usual in these cases. The carp eat every bit of grass in the lake and then started to attack peoples lawns. they ate the lawns back 6 feet in most places.

When the carp finally ran out of food they all died in a short time. the shore line was knee deep in carp. The area stank so bad people had to leave.

Yeah, Asian carp are not something you want around for long.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Asian carp are an excellent source of protein and famous on the table . . . in Asia! We have plenty of first rate table fish that are native to North America or are more easily contained than the lawn mower carp. Why mess with carp when you can raise channel catfish or white bass?