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Grass carp skin-a-long

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Timo:
Ryan, I've tried just about every native fish we have and nothing comes close to the grass carp for pattern. The good thing about them is their length. Most common carp grow big but stay stubby in length.

The smell goes awey after you get a good finish one them..:)

I would really like to get my hand on some peacock bass. Everytime I see them on tv It makes my mouth water.:)


El destructo, I think you are talking about "big head carp" maybe? They are very evasive, and illegal to own.

Grass carp are hybrids, so (the most of them) are sterile. I have only found eggs in one fish over a period of 10 years now. They are used for vegitation control, in ponds and private waters, you can buy them at will every spring around here.

El Destructo:
Grass Carp aren't all Hybrids....they have a Hybrid Strain that is Man-Made.....Thats the only kind you can have here in Texas... Sterile ones...but there have been two isolated cases of true Grass Carp getting into Ponds on Private Land here...and totally taking over...eating and breeding till they starved themselves to death....the PWS said that if these Fish would have had a way to the Canadian River....they would have spread havoc all the way through the water system....they aren't as bad as the Big Head...I know I have seen first hand what they are doing to the Waterways right now ,,,,and they are heading for Lake Michigan....and Scientists say if they get in the Great Lakes....they will never be stopped....at least Grass Carp are supposed to be a good eating Fish....I have never eaten on though.....cant get passed the Name!!! But they aren't a True Carp....no Barbells or Sucker Mouth.....enough of that....let see some on a Bow Timo....I bet they look good....I am still waiting for some skins to come my way from Oregon one day......

Also Timo....have you ever tried King Slamon?? I had some big Skins last Year when I went on a Fishing Trip back Home....and I didnt even think of saving them....and they were all big enough to back a Bow with too....what a moron!!!

0209:
Will this work with any other fish skins also?  Just descale it, skin it, and clean it with dish soap?  If so that's cool.  Anyways, thanks for an awesome build-along.  Really informative and the steps are very clear.  Like the pics too. 
Ian Mittelberg

Timo:
I usually can them and then make fish cakes from them. Very good eating!

I'll have to hunt up some pics of the skins on a bow.I plan on doing a skin along later.

I've heard that king salmon will work, I've never seen them on a bow though. And yes you area moron.:)  ;)

0209, I imagine that any fish would work. As I stated, I've tried lots of different types that are native to my area, and all come out about the same,other than patterns.

DanaM:
Mike I will be hanging around the fish cleaning station this fall, going to get some salmon and brown trout skins :)
Got 2 brown trout skins last year just used one on a top secret project :) all I can say is leave the scales on their
really stuck to the fish and very small so won't hurt anything. And anyone that thinks a fish skin won't add integrity to
a bows back is nuts, the brown trout skin was like thin rawhide :)

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