Me and a couple mates amongst a wiked day trout fishing decided that we should organise a trip to Hamilton area to have a go at Koi Carp fishing useing spears, bows, crossbows etc

Anyone done this before? any tips as to when, where etc to go etc

There is a bowhunters club that organises annual koi-kills in your area. Google them, should be able to make contact with someone who can help

Death to evil exotic invasive pest fish! :bounce:

the best place ive found is in between rangiriri and meremere/mercer just north of hamilton, theres plenty of islands that they like to hang around there, you would probly need a kayak or small dingy to get to them tho.....

yep I have been bow fishing before for koi at chelsea sugar refinery and in mercer. its good fun.

I'd be keen for a go, send me a message when you are heading up.

looking for some time after xmas/new years. (im buying myself a crossbow for xmas)

will definatly let you know, the more the merrier

I havn't specifically gone out to hunt koi, but when I went possum hunting near a lake with my mates (we had shotguns and .22's) we tried to nail a couple koi. It was pretty hopeless with the .22's but with the shotguns we got a couple.

It would be much funner with bows as I rekon live ammo is a bit of a waste on them...

...can you eat Koi carps?? They look so gross like goldfish on steriods

...can you eat Koi carps?? They look so gross like goldfish on steriods

you can eat anything in life whether its good for you or tastes nice is a different story ahahahaha

theoretically they eat mussels, fish eggs, plants etc, i rekon their diet is pretty good, might taste okay

dont know if id be too keen to try one though

I've heard they don't taste very good and are really bony. But other types of carp are eaten in places. Maybe you could make a fish stew or something with them.

And how do koi look like gross goldfish? Goldfish are the koi's mutant inbred appalachian hick cousins. If anything koi are supermodels in comparison.

Although I haven't eaten them myself I've heard they taste like mud. Apparently people take them home alive and put them in big drums of fresh clean water. After a few weeks in there it filters out the muddy taste and then they eat them. They do make good burley though because they are a very oily fish.

they have heaps of small bones, and not good at all to eat, but then again , me and my mates hardly knew how to prepare fish. :oops:

the "real" wild golden and silver kois are really really tasty!

phoenix44 - I just remembered that you still owe me a butter chicken recipe from Massey first year!

Freshwater fish generally taste more fishy than saltwater I find...need a lot of sauces or marinade or pepper

butter chicken aye?

ill make you some if you visit palmy sometime.

I think the thing here is how hungry you are.....

If you were 2 weeks into a Survivor TV show, Koi steaks would be on sticks over the campfire in an instant.

If there is a good Fish and Chip shop on the way home, it's cat food.

Ian

koi taste SHOCKING... I've tried a couple of times and haven't managed to get far beyond a few bites - its mostly the smell and they do have heaps and heaps of tiny bones. Such a shame as a decent size koi could feed a whole family!

the "real" wild golden and silver kois are really really tasty!

Those sound more like grass carp, they're obviously not native but have been introduced to control water weeds to lessen the use of sprays. They don't breed in our waterways so they have to be farmed and introduced. When we were bowfishing in the waikato we were told to not go after those ones :-?

Got a couple last night.

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Although I haven't eaten them myself I've heard they taste like mud. Apparently people take them home alive and put them in big drums of fresh clean water. After a few weeks in there it filters out the muddy taste and then they eat them. They do make good burley though because they are a very oily fish.

just don't get caught doing this. The transportation of live Koi will land you in lots of hot water, and even that won't make it taste better

bows and arrows ?- what no light tackle fisherman out there. first one to go line weight wins.

bows and arrows ?- what no light tackle fisherman out there. first one to go line weight wins.

I fish 2KG so should get that easy. There are some monsters where I live...but when I went last night I didnt have any flurocarbon, and the big ones could see the braid.

There are some right up the tamaki estuary. We were fishing 1kg mono with 15lb fluro the other day, and a few were peeling and nailing the corn.

Pretty hard as they only come down to this pool at low tide when the water is fresher, so plenty to snag on. Good fun!!

fish city didn't have 1kg braid, so had to go with 2kg...thought about going to mono, cause I'm sure they can see the braid.

the sugar works have fish around 90cm in there dams, just horses!!

Those sound more like grass carp, they're obviously not native but have been introduced to control water weeds to lessen the use of sprays. They don't breed in our waterways so they have to be farmed and introduced. When we were bowfishing in the waikato we were told to not go after those ones :-?

They could breed.

If they all weren't sterile.