we don't eat the carp allthough the eastern europeens do, it's just plesure fishing allways catch and release, carp in the lakes in the UK are big sport and being fished for regulary the big carp are very wary and hard to catch, the biggest i've caught is 36LB which is a specimen carp in the UK,but where i'm fishing there's one in there at 48LB thats the one i've been trying to catch for the last 12 months.
johnny never tried perch but have heard they are good eating,i have tried pike they taste good:thumbsup: