Record Breaking 79-pound Carp Pulled from Cedar River [taken w/ bow and arrow]

KCRG.com ^ | June 27 2009 | staff reporter

[Daffynition]

LINN COUNTY - Tracy Seaton, 47, of Shellsburg, Iowa pulled in a 79 pound 4 ounce Bighead Carp from the banks of the Cedar River in Cedar Rapids Thursday evening.

Iowa DNR Officer Paul Sleeper verified the fish is a new state record beating out the previous weight of a 76 pound carp caught last year.

Seaton used the bow and arrow fishing technique to catch the fish.

The Bighead carp is an exotic fish from Asia and is considered an invasive species in Iowa.

[Daffynition]

He stalked the giant fish for parts of three days before he finally got close enough for the shot. Seaton's arrow went through the fish's head, killing it within seconds.

[knarf]

"The Bighead carp is an exotic fish from Asia and is considered an invasive species in Iowa."

Wellll ... Iowa .... you DID caucus one into the WH.

Suffer.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I hear that they are very bony.

[period end of story]

That’s WAAAY to big. The greedy fisherman should be thrown into prison for life. FOR LIFE!!!

[max americana]

Right, but the invasive species in the WH is there to stay til’ 2012 and no one knows where it came from. Some say Kenya, some Indonesia..

[max americana]

Must be one heck of a shot to use a bow-arrow combo for the shot. What;s wrong with using a good ole fashion reel or an AR-15?

[gov_bean_ counter]

What;s wrong with using a good ole fashion reel or an AR-15?

... or a couple sticks of dynamite.

[dawn53]

He obviously doesn’t understand that he’s supposed to save the “sea kittens” (well in his case, it’s a “river kitten.”)
/sarc

http://www.peta.org/sea_kittens/

[BGHater]

‘The Bighead carp is an exotic fish from Asia and is considered an invasive species in Iowa.’

Usually that means no bag limits. Game on.

[bruinbirdman]

"I hear that they are very bony. "

Pickled Carp: cut in chunks, bone and all; pressure cook it; can in spiced brine.

yitbos

[Daffynition]

I think so.

That reminds me of my favorite carp recipe: how to cook roasted planked carp: “Scale and gut a carp. Nail it to a plank. Roast over an open fire until the meat flakes. Throw away the carp and eat the plank. Onions and bell pepper may be added. There is also a recipe for baked carp. Scale and gut the carp and split into two halves. Place a brick between the two halves, cover with bell pepper, onion and salt and wrap in tin foil Bake in an oven for three hours. Unwrap carefully, throw away the carp and eat the brick. It will be better than the carp. Also works with a shingle or, if camping, a river rock.”

[Daffynition]

It was a carp shoot ...and yes, we are suffering b/c of it.

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Ken Alto displays a large carp he caught in the St. Louis River in June 2009 in Duluth, Minn. Alto has been bowfishing for 20 years, seriously for the past 12, he says. Very seriously. He has bowfished in Montana, North Dakota, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama and Louisiana. (AP Photo/Duluth News Tribune, Bob King)

[Daffynition]

Sam Cook, an outdoor sports writer for the Duluth paper [we can't post it here] wrote this good article on bow hunting carp.

[GOPmember]

You call that a fish?

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

Reminds me of the recipe for Delmonico Steak. Just place the Delmonico Steak between two Porterhouse Steaks, attach steaks together, grill until Porterhouse Steaks are burnt. Remove Delmonico Steak and serve.

[tdscpa]

Or an old hand-crank telephone generator? (I have one!) He-he.

[Daffynition]

Holy Carp! You stole my recipe!

[Daffynition]

LOL ....but how do you manage to keep it in your bathtub?

[driftdiver]

They are very bony but fun as heck to catch. Smoked they aren’t too bad but there are better fish by far.