The blue gills are taking over Japan

[fishuhalik]

Boy, the asian population here in the twin cities sure doesn't mind gills, crappies, etc.  It seems every day one gets busted w/ 300 gills over his limit.  It's almost funny when word gets out about a good gill bite from shore, some call it china town.

[pikeking]

Tell me about it the owners of the local Chinese rest. are all found fishing at the causeways for all the pan fish. They will fish all day every day and fill 5 gallon buckets. If you catch something they will ask you for it before you let it go. They should call home and tell their people how good they really taste. Or they can stock pike in the waters that are affected.(((((FLAG)))))

[Pasquatch]

Interesting pandemic in the  Land of the  Rising Sun... kinda interesting social perspective on pests and prizes, on both sides of the Pacific. You know what they say, one man's trash is another's treasure. I would disregard all the positive qualities of Common Carp, they're an interesting species, and terrific fighters. And although I haven't eaten any, I am aware that carp are considered fine fare in many nations.
We all complain about ponds with dense population of small bluegills, so I don't think it should be that surprising that they are expressing the same concerns. Moreover, being a nonnative species, I would never expect bluegills to be readily accepted in Japan.

Interesting little blurb, thanks for the read.

-Wes

[ice dawg]

My advice to the people of Japan is to eat more Blue Gills. 

[Sven936]

Boy, the asian population here in the twin cities sure doesn't mind gills, crappies, etc.

Be careful with that one. I know the Japanese feel superior to all others and do not like to be mixed with other races of asians.

If the honorable bluegill hasn't been involved with their diet since, well lets just say a long time, it probably will never be accepted.

So, I will give them advice to spend millions of yen to send lots of us fisher persons to Japan to catch some bluegills!!!

I know we will not catch them all, but it would be a fun trip.

 

[Fish_Tko]

i brought a carp home one time that i shot with my bow. It was about a 5 or 6 lb fish and begged my grandma to cook it up for me, and she did. Even filleted properly with the "mudd vein" removed i thought it tasted like sh**

[Hard_H2O]

They just need a recipe using the fins and entrails.

Then consumption of the blue gill will take off.

Or find a way to use the "poisinous" parts of the bluegill. Make it "extreme" cuisine and no bluegill on the planet will be safe from importation to Osaka after they decimate there non-native population.

[taxi1]

Even better, you could convince them bluegill have aprodisiac qualities. After all the fish has a high fecundity. The Asians go gogo eyed over anything like that to the tune of millions of dollars for parts of endangered species. The bluegills would be gone in no time.  

[Fish_Tko]

Do bluegill have gull bladders? Could be a hot item

[taxi1]

Do bluegill have gull bladders? Could be a hot item

Sure do! Get the rumor started! On second though don't get it started. They'd be after our bluegills after they wiped out their own.

[hunters08]

Why you give me dis brue-gill? Taste rike warr-eye? Ptoooooey! Take it away and bring me some shrimp heads and seaweed with a squirt of squid ink.  Finga-ricking good!

dam u just about made me spit my drink all over the keyboard

[kirkwooders]

Is anyone else wondering if the Japanese have a thread going over there some where saying the exact opposite of what we are?