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I have tried a few fish both in UK and abroad, carp, pike, gudgeon and bleak. Gudgeon and bleak used to be eaten whole, basically stir fried like whitebait, or in a pie. I've never found carp earthy, although that may be because of being 'washed' in water (tank) rather than straight from the capture. The same with pike, although they are bony, fine needle bones that take a lot of picking out. It kind of bugs me because obviously we catch and return, but carp were brought over specifically for eating, monk stew ponds possibly even the Romans. Pike were eaten for years. Problem with everything is taking from the wild rather than farms or 'overstock'.

Or just break the coating in loads of different places along its length sorry guv crays must have been picking at it lol

Use the coated and strip it all off barr an inch at the knot end of the hook length, I'm good at bending rules, sometimes laws, it's when you break em you have problems 😉 😜

Problem is humans rape everything until there’s nothing left. instead of harvesting for need we harvest for greed

Yes this is true. The article (I need to try & find it again) was talking about the possibility of expanding a relatively "untapped" food source to a global scale for humans & animals. With the weather, wars, economy etc.. becoming more unpredictable, it could be 1 possible answer to food shortages & famine. Did you happen to try any carp while you were in Germany? My other half happens to be German. She's also been in these restaurants you speak of although she's never tried it as she's put off by the "earthy taste." I've never tried it personally - A) for the obvious reasons, it just seems wrong & B) I don't like the taste of most fish anyway. Although, if I was starving, it would likely change my views considerably. 😂

The light is on as you say! There are fish farms already around for fish breeding for food in various countries. In Israel, Jews obviously have to eat kosher, which is freshwater fish, and carp are on the menu. It was imported Israeli carp that brought a batch of KHV to Europe. In Eastern Europe a lot of laws now in place for the wildwaters and lakes, there is a maximum size that can be taken. Poland, Romania and Hungary I know have fish farms. China is another country where carp are eaten. Paddy fields planted with rice, stocked with carp and flooded. At harvest time the paddy fields are drained, and carp and rice are harvested. I've been to restaurants in Germany, the food carp are in the tank, pick your fish for dinner, it's not a display.

thanks all for your comments it’s nice to hear all experiences 👍 you made me feel welcome and means a lot thank you 👊I hope all your dreams come true 😎 tight lines everyone. ! The woodcutter

Uncle is at Cool Acres in 1 of the Pods.... No.1 Pod shown in there Facebook page. Said it was a Frosty 1 last night. Picture from His Peg From.inside his Bivvy (Pod) 🤣🤣 Lake just to left of Shot Sunrise this morning Frosty 🥶🥶

Yes i do have some collectable tackle Mitchell reels and a lot of centre pins even some of my floats from course fishing are old vintage. Also i agree about the lakes going quiet so my next trip out is on canal as we have some private pegs and target fish are perch,carp and Gudgeon

his winter fishing pj's (fleece) 😊