Well, hikinmike, I read that one somewhere before. It's kind of funny but incredibly stupid.
The French consider carp to be suitable for their haute cuisine and the finest French restaurants serve it.
Here in Indiana, we bowfish for carp. I've gutted and scaled them for the smoker on many occasions - absolutely delicious. Another way is to make carp fritters. You filet the fish and then make diagonal cuts along the length to the skin. Then you go back in the other direction creating an X pattern. Then you make slices laterally the full length of the filet. Then you cut the skin off the same way you would for any filet. What you are left with are many small chunks of meat. You deep fry these until they are crisp and floating. Carp have "Y" bones that are in the meat. If you have cooked them properly, these become so brittle you won't even know they are there. Dip them in sauce of choice and devour.
However, my favorite is reminiscent of the way the French do it. Filet the carp and skin it. Wash the filets and place on heavy duty aluminum foil sheet (a big one). Add large cuts of celery, carrots, tomatoes, green pepper and onions. Sprinkle in seasonings of your choice and one pat of butter for each filet. Purse the foil together to seal it leaving an air space effectively turning the foil into a roaster. Use a knife and puncture the top of this roaster numerous times that it may breathe. Just before cooking, puncture the bottom 8 to 10 times so the carp will drain a bit. Place on your Weber (or similar) grill or smoker grill after letting a hickory fire burn down to coals. Charcoal works, but hickory is better. Cook for thirty to forty minutes. Remove and let it cool until you can handle the contents with your fingers. It's finger food and wonderful.
I also have a recipe for carp salad that makes Tuna salad, which I like very much, taste like manure. Properly prepared it even beats crab salad for taste. If anybody wants the recipe, just send me a private message and I'll gladly share it.
I have prepared these and other recipes for a lot of people over the last thirty years. None of them believed it was possible. They thought carp were bottom feeders who ate the decaying matter left by dying aquatic life and human refuse dumped into the waters we fish. Au contraire! I told them they were confusing the carp with the lobster and, even so, they were willing to eat those garbage scows of the ocean.
The fact is that carp in clean waters are excellent fare, a terrific game fish, will give you the fight of your life, take live baits and lures and are most prolific so you can fish them all you want.
Bon Apettit!