CARP catch and cook the results may surprise you 

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Grew up on Carp and so did half the world! Strip being so precious! They are great eating. If you are complaining about what you are eating you are not hungry enough lol old man's wisdom!

My recipe for carp is as follows. Put your carp in a large pot filled with water & a housebrick. Let cook for 2 hours. Throw out the carp & eat the brick.....

Your a legend. Anyone who can cook a carp and make it palatable gets my respect 👏🏻👍🏻🇨🇦

Best part of the video was the Eating Sound Effects

It was a long long time when I ate carp, on a bbq plate over a fire, I can remember thinking it was not as bad as everyone said it was. Not that it became a regular food, but i did know I could eat it ok, unlike many of the stories at the time. Another good video, I enjoyed it a lot.

Love your unique sense of humour in your videos Robbie 😂 I probably would’ve cut out the blood & bone lines all in one go

Glad you survived the lock down, far braver man than I just the stink of is enough.

Only ever eaten one myself and was surprised how good it was. The bones is a tricky bit but once you know what youa re doing they can be filleted out. Coorong Wild Seafoods is one of a number of Commercial Fishers that have been pushing for the utilisation of Carp. They have 5 star restaurants around S.A selling it on their menus with great success. As you mention about the skin being used as a hand bag well that is another possibility, We can get Leather, Meat, Fertiliser, Plastics (Scales) and more from a single fish so each one caught can be up sold so that every part of it is making money and nothing wasted. I do not understand why the Government wants to release a virus to reduce them rather than making industry from them. Anyway back on the Food side, Put them in an Ice Slurry when you catch them and you can eat them any old way. I cooked mine skinned with some flour, salt, pepper and garlic shallow fried and really enjoyed it.

G'day Mate you made my day when you came up in my recommended.

The eating is the best , absolutely love bobby , he’s so underrated, keep it up man !!!!

Great video Robbie. A quick tip on eating the carp is to filet the fish and then pick out the Y bones after cooking it. They come out whole and are quite easy to get out of the fish. Ps it helps the quality of the meat if you bleed it first

I know I've said it before Mate....but I do like your GWS orange and grey masks!! Up the GIANTS....

I would not eat carp if you payed me, mate the part where you eat the carp I still have tears running down my face from laughing so much, that was one of the best ones I seen you do keep it up

hi robbie just wondering what that song was you where playing for the montages. Loved your video :)

Dare I say that it actually looked quite good once you pulled it out of the tandoor oven. From your testimony I reckon the bones are more of a turn off than any other aspect of eating a carp lol. Next time you can coat it with doritos crumbs like Shahil did haha! Well done mate.

Great vid mate, keep up the good work. I love watching these videos they are very interesting

Carp is considered a solid food fish across most of the planet. Like any other fish, their taste depends on the environment they were pulled from, and how fresh the fish is. This looks very, very good.

Hahaha I was looking foward to watching this one! See carp are delicious next time do bleed it I believe it'll taste way better. Loved the catch and cook video Robbie very entertaining to watch especially with the eating sounds hahaha!

Good one Robbie 👍🏼

my old uncle from mathoura used to keep the carp alive in an old bath with fresh water for a week to flush them out then once he filleted it he would soak the fillets in milk over night in the fridge crum the fillets and fry it was beautiful

Ya can let em live in an aerated pool, bath or bin for a few days to clean em out. Bleed carp straight away. You are a funny man, I enjoy your chats, loved to eating sounds LOL! SONG NAMES PLEASE!

hey robbie 42k congrats

Never eaten carp but would love to try the way U cooked it in oven the catch and cook clips great video

G'day Robbie, As a kid we used to camp at lake Narracan at Yallourn and catch absolute submarines and ate them all the time and wow they are very bony but as kids we didn't know any better, nowadays I would not even touch them let alone eat them, you're a better man than me buddy. cheers.

Gidday Robbie, first time I've seen this vid and I must say I have flirted with the idea of trying carp a few times but chickened out. After watching I would probably give it a go, although they might not be as clean coming out of the Condamine. I remember as a kid staying at my grandfather's house in Brisbane I would head off to the PINE river with a hessian bag and a hand line. I thought I was so clever when I came back with a bag full of fork tailed catfish. All he said was " what the hell did you bring those mongrel things home for". I didn't care, I skinned them and I ate them, now the smell turns me off but they make good crab bait. I'm not sure witch fish stinks the most but I will probably find out. Also have you thought of soaking the fillets in salty water with a good amount of brown vinegar added, thats what I do with eal tailed catfish. PS. Sorry about gibbering on a bit. Love your work.

Probably the BEST way to cook it!

Loving the soundtrack. Good stuff mate

ans great vid mate

More catch and cooks Robbie. Love the content.!

Nice one Robbie. To be honest, i couldn't be arsed to eat a fish with that many bones lol ! Don't forget the red fin catch clean and cook i've been pestering you about !

Cheers mate enjoy watching and love the music u play

IV grown up eating carp and it all depends on where there caught how they are prepared and the bigger the carp the less bones ...look up Hungarian carp recipes

That’s different, a carp catch and cook nice job Robbie. Well at least you know if you ever run out of food carp are an easy source of food haha. Love you work mate keep it up

Your video was fun to watch. You almost lost me at margarine...loved the music and your eating sound effects.

Love this vid Mate I havnt been game enough to try it myself I don't think I could get past the smell. The audio while you were having a chew topped it off 👍👍 Was this ya first time having a feed of carp?? And have you had it again ??

I agree Robbie , one of the reasons I don’t bother with carp is because of the bones , it’s not worth choking to death over it , how ever there are some very nice caviar carp roe recipes and well turn the carp itself into fertiliser for the garden . 👍

Soaking the fillets or whole fish in vinegar overnight will remove any muddy taste and soften up / dissolve the small sharp bones :)

would like to know did you kill the carp before taking it home . and i have been told before taking it home and before killing it but it in a esky full of ice water as soon as you catch it . never tried it yet

Great catch and cook robbie. Its awesome how you can catch so many fish locally, this weekend I went to copeton but like all my trips I caught nothing!

Nice Diamond Pattern binding on that rod mate. My uncle used to eat carp but my dad taught me otherwise (too many tiny bones). They are obviously edible as Asian countries seem to love them from what I've seen. Seems like a dark blood filled flesh similar to tailor in salt water. I love catching Tailor but only use some for bait (fantastic bait). I love your cooker. Great presentation...

Love your channel mate …good stuff. Just a suggestion……lose the loud music, especially when people are diving for the volume control. It’s really annoying. Rock on mate .

Think i tried carp about 20 years ago haven't had it since miiiiiiight give this a go.

i've seen some catch and cook on carp at catfish & carp and i was quite surprised to see how good the meat looked. the skin of the carp is like leather!

It is good that you build a lot of courage to try it, awesome video robbie

Carp are best bled prior to cleaning and cooking. To avoid most of the bones, fillet down to the lateral line only. That reduces the likelihood of getting the forked bones.

Great video Robbie keep it up

Hi Robbie next time have a go at using that spice mixed with Greek yogurt then marinate the fish for 20mins then bake in the tandoor

Hi Robbie question is would you eat Carp again

Great mate

great eating, I like.

Butter goes better mate, margerine is good for greasing waggon wheels ;) Good to see you giving the European delicacya try :) Bleeding them immediatly further improves the taste ;)

Robbie your a brave man lol. I've had it smoked 😒 and had it in fishcakes and all you could taste was the spices and potatos. I think they make good cray bait mate. But you got to give it to them the're good fun to catch👍. Keep the videos coming they help with lockdown the way we're going i may never fish again.🤬🤬

Appreciated the snake seminar!

Love your music choices 🤘🏼you should play in this river ! Black label society

Robbie, try just taking the belly flaps as fillets....skin them....straight on a hot plate....no bones, squeeze of lemon and you're away. They come out about the size of a flathead fillet and the flesh cooks up firm and white with a nice flavour. Took me years to find a way to eat carp and this works a treat. Its a bit frustrating throwing away 90 % of a fish though. Having said that, am enjoying fresh bluefin sushimi I caught with a mate this afternoon off the pointy end of covidville. Loving your vids :)

The meat in the carp you got looks very red. I got a carp a while back I ate and it was fairly Orange, must be the water ways it's living in.

Good vids should do another yabby catch and cook, love the catch and cooks, keep up the good work. Don't know if I missed if you cooked a yellowbelly or not...

Robbie ur an amazing guy 🤩 luv the content

I have a theory with the no fish on lure its broad as its different fishing spots times ect. I was fishing over the weekend it was tough going just got 1 fish mate got a few on his boat too however there was a few missed bites and the fish wernt smashing the baits they were pecking . The fish we caught were absolutely full had been feeding alot and where i was had alot of bait around too. Full moon is the part that could play the part with the fish eating alot. Im in bris and was saltwater.

Hey Robbie, a little tip for cooking with butter. Add a little olive oil to the butter to stop it burning. Works a treat!!!

Hi Robbie just a little tip from a European/Carp is best when cut in cutlets -but first it has to be scaled and then cut in cutlets /to cook 1.flour 2 egg 3 bread crumbs -cook in fry pan-when eating easy to pull bones out -yum yum -Europe survived the ww2 on these fish and I have been eating them for 60 years./Anthony

Excellant video mate. Well done. Im glad it turned out well ! Always enjoy your videos . Ur getting good at the tandooha 😎👍

GLADLY, I am having a baked FRITATTE for tea tonight! Carp smoked up is quite good. I've had it smoked b4 and it is ok.

I was always lead to believe that when you cook carp you put a house brick in with it. Once cooked, eat the brick. Lol

Robbie you are much braver than me , just wanted to ask did you bleed the carp and put it straight on ice ? I'm wondering if doing so of you didn't would make it much nicer , great video 5⭐s

I like this video

Good one mate. Happy Father’s Day . Years ago I remember people made fish cakes from bony bream and they soaked them in milk or vinegar or maybe both for a few days can’t really remember the exact procedure though. This is cam bill to young fella changed my name on here said my channel needed to be more interesting and he won’t tell me how to change it back hahahaha

T’was waiting for another one of these 😂

Great video Robbie, did the same as you from a RU-vid clip, carp fries shallow cooked in flour and paprika, yum .. No bones too !! The belly and a strip on the back is clear of bones eh! Gonna have to subscribe 👍

Hi Robbie, Have you ever watched The hunt for the wilder people? If you haven't I reckon you should, you probably love it :D

Your the only RU-vidr that has enough balls to eat carp😂😂

Maggie beer had a cooking show, the Cook and the chef. She did one with carp and said it needs to be caught and skinned straight away or the smell goes through the fish

The smell alone turns me off even attempting to eat Carp. I am happy to take your word, that will do me.

Awesome vid like always mate!! Still watch every arvo to finish my day off!! What was that song u used its mint??!!

Greetings from Girard Ohio just found your channel loved the vid.Subbed!!

Finally! Also good smoked. 😁👍

I give you credit for trying carp Robbie. I have had smoked carp once and it was OK but definitely not sensational. Quite simply, I can't be bothered with them (particularly the smell, slime and bones - and the fact that I KNOW it is carp) when there are so much better quality fish to eat. My carp end up dug into the garden, buried on-site or given away for crab bait.

Looks good mate your a legend 👍

Try pickling m8, I hear that vinegar disolves the bones..... might be worth a shot... Great channel m8.

I have friends in New Zealand that bottle trout and salmon in Fowlers jars. They use a brine of vinegar, salt and water, boil it in vac sealed jars and shelve it for months. When opened, the bones are gone, due to the vinegar. Might be an idea for the bone problem with carp?

Very very good veido last time I had carp was 7 years ago

Have you started seeing any snakes yet up there..we have had quite a fair few seen already along out fore shore area here in Melbourne where I live .

Interesting video Robbie may be a carp curry would work? And could you do a Murray Cod catch and cook please?

Best way to eat them is salt them over night wash the salt off before Cooking, coat in olive oil season with desired spices. When filleting avoid the rib cage and remove the meat around the rib cage as it’s full of bones and any large bones missed in the filleting. I recommend a large hunting or butchers knife to get past the scales or scale before trying to filet the fish as you mentioned scales are like armour with super leathery skin. Smoking carp is probably the best way to cook it and how it’s mostly cooked in Europe.

Yeah I’ve done it this way. It wasn’t too bad and I didn’t end up having the issues with the tough skin, but the meat was still a little bit muddy and weird. But that was only subtle and was certainly edible.

There is a piece of the fillet just over the rib cage itself that has no bones, or at least from the lateral line and downwards on the rib cage, this you can cut off and eat no problem. However the rest of the fillet has bones, and the only way to eat fish that has all those intramuscular bones is to cut it into thin pieces and deep fry it, the deep frying actually cooks the bones and makes them soft and edible, it does an amazing job. So you eat the bony part of the fillet via deep frying, and you can eat the non boned area mentioned at the start of this comment with just regular pan frying.

Ate carp about 45 yrs ago. Never again, still get crook occaisionally and I think it was the carp that causes it. Smashed my knee water skiing 30 odd yrs ago, think it was the carp. Only way I eat it now is to use it for crayfish bait and then eat the crayfish 😁😁😁

awesome vid mate nice carp

11:30 SABBAAAATTHH! \m/

I love fried carp.a little flour a cup of cornmeal. Cut slices in the meat to make the flour and cornmeal go down inside the meat.salt and pepper. Deep fry in grease. Make tater salad, and cornbread. Then call me when it's done.

Apparently if you place the live carp into an ice slurry until it goes to sleep, the blood will draw out of the meat and into the internal organs of the fish, to keep it alive, which reduces the redness in the meat and and takes away the muddy taste. I have never tried it, but I did learn that on another video.

The Europeans tend to keep them fresh clean water for a couple of days to purge them, that helps with the smell and flavour. Not sure what a fisheries officer would say if they catch you transporting live carp.

There are so many kinds of carps, I tried most of them years ago, however the taste of the common carp is the worst, I never bother cook it again. While the carps in North America are really good, shapes and colors are different also

Loved the video robbie! As others have stated an ice bath, bleed it, and stay the heck away from that red flesh! You should do another catch and cook with better flesh preperation, love to see your opion then. Keep up the vids love watching them on the other side of the country👍👍

Oh no 😬 Can’t wait to see how this turns out.

imagine being so precious the thought of eating carp sickens you

Fish bones usually follow a ridge - once you find where that is, easy to cut them out of the fillet. The fish is so plentiful throwing out half of it not a problem. Seems the carp needs to be bled immediately, like Aussie salmon. It's quite funny reading all the comments along the lines "wouldn't catch me eating them" - clearly most Aussies are overfed, I'll bet most don't know what a hunger pain feels like. Also there are plenty of other good foods that require the right preparation technique, seasonings, cooking time and method to make them excellent. I'd like to see you have another crack at the carp preparation and master the thing :)

Great catch and cook thanks Robbie. Very funny eating noises included. I'm still on the fence with eating carp, I think without those spices the experience would be very different lol.

my grandpa was a commercial salmon fisherman in canada, so my dad grew up eating wild pacific salmon. dad once had some carp that my other grandpa from mt beauty was cooking up for the dog and thought it was actually pretty good!