HOW TO FILET CARP BONELESS AND TENDERIZE BY ELECTROCUTION

[sandsman11]

thanks for the vid man -- i always wondered about eating carp, never tried them but almost everytime i have been fishing and got a big one somebody always says hey you gonna keep that -- (my answer NO ) then can i have it ?-- sure can , and they walk away happy as a clam haha -- i must be missing something i always say to myself

[ledburnerss]

@sandsman11 Well said. I cooked them with the bones and had tasty but miserable bony meals back in the 70's. I was dissatisfied experimenting with smoking and pickling and baking and grinding for 10 more years. Then a man on the Delaware River was so serious, telling me about boning the tasty big females, so I started all over again. My favorite is taking my boned carp meat strips and broiling them in an electric toaster oven with olive oil and plenty of garlic powder....CRAZY GOOD !

[TheInheritedBasher]

Hmmm, this should entertain the family. I'm usually a pretty damn good at filleting.Especially since I always work on bluegills. I found where the bones were in my carp(this was the first one I was going to eat) I just cut a good sized line down the middle and removed a vast portion of the bones with little ones left. I'm trying to get a meat grinder so I can make patties out of them. I really like fish patties. But I know it'll grind the bones since my grandfather showed me.

[ledburnerss]

@TheInheritedBasher I tried but carp bones are hard as stone so you would have to grind it 4 times till almost into a liquid or you will have cuts on you gums and all the way through.

I find that when I grind fish all the enjoyment of flaky texture is gone. I dive for clams and crabs and make crab cakes and baked clams. The clams I grind. I also grind venison and put hickory smoked beacon through the grinder with the tough round cuts of venison for bambi burgers.

[wedingo]

this guy has big forearms, i bet he does a lot of fishing

[ledburnerss]

@wedingo Sharp observation :-) I used to lift weights for 15 years now I garden like a machine but yes I surf cast and did alot of off shore big game. Now this Youtube and internet world its making us lazier, especially winter time. The yearly big job of gardening is only a month away. Check out some of my other videos by clicking on my name. Enjoy.

[Alaskahuntr]

Great Video! Seems that we have been playing down the role of the carp in our country since the early 20's when they were imported to help out as a sustainable food source during the depression, but got a bad reputation (Travel the world and they are on the menu!!). We catch the carp out of the cool clean Colorado mountain lakes and they taste great! Thanks for the tips to make it even better.

[ledburnerss]

@Alaskahuntr Thank you so much for this possitive and constructive information.

Please see some of my other videos by clicking on my name. Please give me thumbs up on the ones you like. Enjoy :-)

[perrytwinsoutdoor]

THATS THE SAME WAY WE USED TO DO IT BUT WE WOULD THROW THE MEAT AWAY AND EAT THE 9 VOLT BATTERY, LOL

[ledburnerss]

@perrytwinsoutdoor Finaly a comment from someone that also uploads videos. I watched a few of yours. Here is how the origingal of that joke goes. You cook the shad on an oak board with butter and garlic for 45 minutes and then you throw out the shad and eat the board. I've always loved that joke. I see you bow shoot carp, have you ever managed to properly bone and cook one properly so it's great tasting? Pease see more of my videos by clicking on my name.

[perrytwinsoutdoor]

@ledburnerss man we have tryed but it is just not my kind of fish, but love to shoot them, i give them to a guy i know he loves them, i dont like catfish either, check back from time to time, PERRYTWINS OUTDOORS

[ledburnerss]

@perrytwinsoutdoor Thank you for the nice reply.

If you ever feel like trying again consider boning some, then rub them down with brown sugar and kosher salt and hickory smoke them till tips are golden. Partially dry.

Darn good! Please don't throw out the fish and eat the foil :-)

[Safet]

Sorry the first link is not working. Check this out "Carp soup" : 6T3twF0R5Ik

[ledburnerss]

@Safet I heard about the drought in Texas this summer but Wow!

[Safet]

LOL You are throwing lots of great tasting meat.

[ledburnerss]

@Safet With the over population of carp in most lakes we only eat the best cuts. The rest is put to great use in my compost windrow. Please see my gardening video by clicking on my name. Enjoy.

[smingo1]

This Steve from Verizon. Nice video!

[CougarClan]

I've heard smoked carp is excellent and can pass as smoked salmon.... has anyone ever tried this? They are so abundant in clean water lakes....clearly an under-utilized resource. Great video!!

[ledburnerss]

@CougarClan

Yes, I used to smoke and pickle carp for years but I still had to suffer with all the Y pin bones. I recommend first boning it as I show in this video and then smoke it, if you like smoked fish. I love it. I've smoked a good dozen species of fish including salmon and carp and white meat largemouth bass and whole pan fish. Now I'm drooling. Please see my other videos by clicking on my youtube name. Merry Christmas to all :-)

[catfishredneck88]

very good info. thankyou very much. i just are asian carp wed for the first time and was searching for de boning vids. your a big help. asian carp was awesome. better than catfish by leaps and bounds. and best of all theres millions.

[ledburnerss]

@catfishredneck88

It's nice to read a genuine comment from someone that knows. I got a few dumb comments from people that obviously never tried eating carp or just can't cook or left it guts and all for hours in the hot sun.

You being a catfish eater and making your own videos holds allot more weight in my book. Please see some of my other videos. I checked out yours. Thank you.

[1asdfsa]

Hey guys, not a bad filet...but the rests are perfekt for a fish soup/ "fish fonds" you can cut >everything< with a hatchet into managable pieces and put it into a big pot. fish fond is essential for a lot of fares!

cheerio and keep on eating ;-)

[ledburnerss]

@1asdfsa

Not a good idea for the average person. Fish pin bones all mixed up with vegetables in a soup choke people everyday. Some people could die that way. The pin bones up near the head are way too small to pick out in spoon fulls of soup.

Debone it FIRST then put the Boneless meat in the soup. I know because we cook gallons of the finest chicken soups and pork soups and fish soups all year, every year for generations.

Don't hide the bones in the soup! See my other videos on ledburnerss

[oldsman7]

Very informative Sir. You should post a video on cleaning alligator gar as well. We catch a lot here in South Texas.

[ledburnerss]

@oldsman7

Copy and past this into your web browser top bar youtube.com/results?search_que­ry=how+to+fillet+aligator+gar&­aq=f

[thetrashyboy]

Actually, carp can be quite nice to eat if you know how to treat the meat and cook it. Even if they did eat crap, they are not unhealthy to eat at all. Asian cultures have eaten carp for centuries and Asian people are some of the healthiest people in the world. Come on people, we've got to get over this "yuck that's nasty" mentality. Just because it came from muddy water, it's an insect, a reptile, or an amphibian doesn't mean it's nasty, actually it can be quit delicious and healthy for you.

[ledburnerss]

@thetrashyboy

5 X I came upon a man fishing for carp to eat, way back in a muddy swamp. I couldn't believe he would eat them out of that water since I was just learning to get over my fears of eating sweet carp from clear water. He was 95 years old !!!! He said that the omega 3 fatty acids in the dark meat of carp is what keep him hiking and carrying all his gear so far back there. He said it also keeps his mind extreemly sharp.

I take 1 fish oil capsule filtered from pelagic fish daily.

[stip27]

i hold many high respects for you sir. if people knew how to clean and cook them. they to could notice how good they actually taste.

[darrkitx11]

carp eats anything oatmeal,worms,sh*t,minnows it doesnt matter if they are in clean water they are botem feeders they taste terrible how are they clean

[ledburnerss]

@darrkitx11

I've been diving with carp and keeping carp in indoor tanks and outdoor pools for 40 years, observing their behavior. They can be quite picky. The avoid eating sh*t as you say. I've heard of more dogs eating their own sh*t. Yes carp are oportunistic feeders that will switch from worms to seeds to berries to algea to eggs, depending on the season and abundance. They are higher in Omega 3 fatty acids than mild white meat fish. I gather you are eating them out of polluted waters.

[ledburnerss]

Carp are not on US endangered list.

We have billions of carp wiping out our sweet meat native fish in the US. Most people would like to see them remove from out waters entirely. Most are shot with bows and spears and left for crayfish and snapping turtles to eat.

Seeing one get killed and fully utilized by fileting and composting the rest as I do, is as conservative as you'll ever see. They are great for gardening. See my gardening videos by clicking on my name. Fish Conpost!

[reinoutvdberghe]

10 years old that fish for littel meat , loser

[cory1337]

@reinoutvdberghe loser? compared to people who shoot them with bows and let them rot on the bank? I think this is a huge step in realizing how good of a natural healthy food source these can be. And here's a fun fact carp grow 3 grams a day this fish is, by my calculations, 2 years 8 months old. if if was a 7 pounder which thats what it looked like.

Loser ppppfffft.

[visualkeirockstar]

you did not show HOW TO FILET CARP, from the start, thats what im looking for

[ledburnerss]

Youtube is WILD! We have everything from Priests and Reverends to Porn Stars point of views leaving comments. The 15 year olds cursing leaving ripping comments with no uploads is Wild! Fishermen have always been funny as heck LOL :-)

[dannysmith510]

the bible says scales and fins are clean to eat the fish must have both

[nuttypagal]

@dannysmith510

old testiment said that, then Jesus declared all things clean Mark 7: 18-19....so, um can someone pass the frog heads? lol

[tristancooper1997]

this guy looks like he in into boning carp if u no what i mean....

[AnimalFREAK1121]

uhhh that where YOU live. they may b clean there. but i have a lake house on lake shafer! the carp ARE nasty here. they r bottom feeders!

[ledburnerss]

@AnimalFREAK1121

I see that there's a good amount of power boats on your Lake. Carp are usually feed and seen and fished for around the marinas of large lakes. I wouldn't think of eating those or even swim where gasoline, oil and sewage might be. You might be able to find some cleaner water in your lake system by going up river to it's head waters. If the water is cleaner, no septic run off from possible old homes or golf course contaminants, try a young one 16-18", if not find a reservoir

[capt1989]

That boneless meat is very dark compared to the asian carp I cleaned tonight. I got it out of the Arkansas river near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. I bow hunt this invasive species and usually just throw them away as I know of no one around here that eats them. They have a reputation for having a bad taste, but they are so big I hate to waste the meat so I used a similar technique to get some NICE fillets off the fish, but the meat was white, like bass or crappie/sacalait. Fried up great, very tender.

[ledburnerss]

@capt1989

Congradulations on your effort making good use of that white meat. Always fully bleed all fish to cause fish flavor to be milder. Your arrow helps it bleed some but cut both gills with it on a stringer in the water breathing to pump out all the blood. Lots of fish have a reputation of not having good flavor. The not so funny thing is lots of Junk Fish of the ocean is all that is left and they are in the super markets being sold under familiar names of good tasting fish. Good Luck.

[AfroMalaya]

@ledburnerss You are very right. Most of these western world people i bet never knew what they eat on their filet-o-fish. Mostly low quality fish caught in shoal nets. A carp is a beautiful fish in parts of Asia, you enter an oriental restaurant, when they serve the carps on you its like a premium delicacy (and expensive too!). Carps are reared in fish farms, they're fed grain and greens, and incredibly well taste. It's just that Americans are used to eat fish like a slab of meat.

[ledburnerss]

@AfroMalaya

Yes carp that move boulders and dig out sweet crab flavored crayfish end up tasting sweet and tasty themselves. The average public wants chicken nuggets even if they are 1/2 gelatin let alone eating whole fish where you need to understand and visualize the hidden Y pin bone structure through out the meat.

Boning fish does allow breading and eating quickly without looking or concentrating. You can eat boned carp or shad or pickerel or pike even while watching TV.

[flamedrag18]

ok... you comment on the silver carp preparation video that you have a boneless way to fillet silver and bullhead carp, I look and I find that your talking about common carp, totally different fish, LIAR!

[ledburnerss]

@flamedrag18 Did you try it? Don't expect to become an expert at this 1st try.

It's works on chain pickerel, pike, American shad, hickory shad, blue back herring and common carp. Silver carp have the same Y pin bones in the meat. See thIs video of a guy using a very similar technique as mine but on silver carp. Try studying and practicing it with a very sharp knife, good lighting and when you have some time and patience youtube.com/watch?v=RhGkjwxm_0­o&feature=related

[flamedrag18]

@ledburnerss I already watched the video, looked through the comments and found your comment advertising your video(which is against youtube rules if you didn't know, considered spam) thinking it was also going to be on silver carp since you commented on the video, I search and see you working on a common carp, they're not the same fish at all but you play it as if they were.

[ledburnerss]

@flamedrag18

Chain pickerel, pike, American shad, hickory shad, blue back herring, common carp and silver carp, once you study and practice boning skills you will be able to enjoy eating almost any species fresh or salt world wide.

It does take some practice though. I've only seen one guy that was able to do it pretty well after only watching me do it once. It's definitly an advanced fileting technique. If I'm tired or not in the mood I release and avoid the work, but it's worth it.

[ledburnerss]

@flamedrag18

Have silver carp made it to your waters up in Eastern Canada?

I know that scientists were worried about them making there way up in to the Great Lakes but I didn't think that it had already happened. I hope not since I hear that they take over quick. Figuring out how to make use of them is a possitive and conservitive attitude. If people start having a reason to harvent them maybe they can be controled and serve as a food source.

[flamedrag18]

@ledburnerss no....and I never implied that they did get up here.....I've seen silver carp in person in the midwest though, I've seen people fillet them and wanted to see it again or if there was a better method then I seen.

asian carp are stuck in the Illinois just below Lake Michigan, about a mile from the industrial canal, but since the army corp put the electric barrier, none have come through.

[ledburnerss]

@flamedrag18

That's a good thing. I hope you aren't saying that you want Asian Silver Carp to infest the Great Lakes and Canada. They would distroy your commercial fisheries. I saw the very negitive impact Cormorant fish eating diving ducks had on commercial fisheries of the St Lawrance River.

Silver Carp, Cormorants, Snake Heads, Oscars, Peacock Bass, over population of Gray Seals have all but wipped out Natural Indingenous species populations. They need to have Open Season on them all.

[Renniefish]

I bread and fry the carp lips. They're kind of like fish flavored onion rings.

 Don't forget... SAVE THE LIPS

[ledburnerss]

@Renniefish

YES FRIED RUBBER LIPS ARE JUST LIKE A GOOD OLD RUBBERY PIG'S TAIL THAT HAS BEEN MARINATING FOR YEARS IN WHAT FLOWS NEAR BY. RIPE STUFF ;-0 YUM

ON A SERIOUS NOTE WE BREADED AND FRIED THE THE RIB FILETS LAST NIGHT AND THEY WERE SO MILD AND DENDER DUE TO THE ELECTOCUTION TENDERIZATION THAT THEY MADE STORE FLOUNDER AND TILAPIA AND OMAHA STEAK CO. SALMON LOOK SICK. DON'T FORGET THE

COCK TAIL SAUCE OR CAT SLOP. JOHN'S HISSING COCHROACH'S ARE HAVING BABIES THIS MORNING, YUMMY CMO

[budglass]

Done with the finesse of a skilled surgeon!