Can't you trap the snappers?

LOL on the "cleaning". I enjoyed reading that recipe - pretty good writer, I need a friend like his "Norm and Joe" = KC911!

I will invite Vash over when I cook it!

Deal?

G

Can't trap the Snappers, but if I ever shoot one that can be retrieved, I plan to...my uncle wants a big ol' shell....he's the hunter extrordinaire in the family....

Once, I was swimmin' 'cross Turtle Creek
Man, them snappers all around my feet
Sure was hard swimmin' 'cross that thing
With both hands holdin' my ding-a-ling-a-ling, oh

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Great - your uncle will know how to dress it and he gets the shell! Throw it on ice and haul it over there! :D

G

I don't wanna give you lead poisoning....you will find 9 00 buckshot pellets inside ...I don't miss, and the pellets group nicely....enjoy!

Grass Carp:

Grass carp should never be stocked into a pond where there is a substantial risk of escape. Grass carp live in rivers in their natural environment so they actively search for moving water. They can escape through an unprotected spillway with as little as 3 inches of water flow. Grass carp can not reproduce in ponds but they can reproduce in some rivers. Grass carp can damage or destroy native wildlife and fish habitats by removing aquatic plants and indirectly causing increased water turbidity. For this reason, it is against the law to release grass carp into public waters in both Oklahoma and Texas. If grass carp escape, the investment in aquatic vegetation control washes downstream with the grass carp.

Grass carp should be stocked only in a pond with properly designed fish barriers on the spillways or in a pond with no overflow. If water will flow through both an overflow pipe and an emergency spillway, both need barriers. The best type of barrier is a parallel bar barrier. It is constructed of round metal rods welded horizontal with 1-inch gaps between the rods. Vertical supports should be no closer together than necessary to adequately support the barrier. A parallel-bar barrier clogs much less and lasts much longer than net wire barriers such as hardware cloth, poultry wire, fence wire, etc. Generally, a box-type, parallel- bar barrier works best over the intake of an overflow pipe. A larger box is less likely to clog than a smaller one. A panel- type barrier is generally placed at the entrance or crest of an emergency spillway. A barrier on an emergency spillway should have at least 2 feet of freeboard between the top of the barrier and the top of a dam.

Thanks CB.....I should have qualified it....sterile grass carp...I only put in 6, a fraction of the per acre guidelnes, 4 in one, 2 in another, and will evaluate as they grow....already made a difference, and no chance of escape anyways....last thing in the world I want is a pond full of nasty grass carp. Vash may eat 'em but dang...they are not handsome fish.

15 bucks each....they better be sterile...or I'll shoot them too! They'll get huge....maybe 3'+ and live for a decade or so....if I let 'em....it's all about balance....grasses are good too....Vash would probably fix something tasty out of pond grass....but I won't ;)

IMHO, the MOST delicious fish to eat is the Chilean Sea Bass. you ever seen one?..effen ugly. i think the original name of the fish is the Patagonia Toothfish. they apparently hired up a great PR firm, did some presto-chango..and viola!! Chilean SeaBass!! found in the worlds best kitchens..up to extinction i bet.

i need someone local to show me how to catch the MONKEY FACED EEL. another "looker". apparently, they are fantastic table fare being in the rockfish family. they are horrid to look at.

Yeah..I don't think I could clean and eat this fish
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