It`s a boney fish but It`s a good fish to eat also.Can I get an Amen?

So a buffalo is "not" a carp, and you can eat them, correct?

They are predator fish, therefore you catch them like bass as they hit the bait, and they do not scavenge off the ground like carp?

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They are not carp. And although they will hit a lure from time to time they are mostly caught on bait. They feed like carp.

Google em up. Also check the carp/rough fish section. Lots of good info in there. With pics too!

You can have an outboard up to 10.5 HP. If it is bigger than that have to use the trolling motor. http://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/white_rock/access.phtml

Exactly Razd611

You can definitely get an amen!! Buffalo have some savory good meat

Buffalo are primarily caught using bottom techniques, but i would not go as far to say they are scavengers (neither are carp for that matter). They are opportunistic feeders yes, but they at times have preferences. There are alot of insects and organisms that live near or on the bottom that carp/buffalo/catfish feed on. Having said that, they are quite the treat to hook and land, and a real challenge if you choose to use light gear (less than 10lb test).

Aren't Buffalo like carp where there are Y bones all over the place? What's the "savory good meat" on them?

Eric

Are they Boney? Yes they are. Does that mean the meat isn't savory? No far from it. They have a very good meat that's why they are very well commercially sold fish in the south. Having said all that the rib cage is very good if you want to avoid lots of the y bones as the rib cage bones are like rib cage is on other fish except it bigger so you get a lot of meat. Also for the rest of the fish body you can actually steak them up and when you get ready to fry them score the meat fairly deep in between each bone which is easily done with a fillet knife. When done this way when you deep fry them the bones are cooked and crunch up with the rest of the meat so you don't even notice them. Same applies to carp.

My boy make ceviche w/ buffalo... haven't tried it yet but he says I'm missing out?

its 150hp, but it is never fired up. the boat is floated off and trolling motored on. been doing it since 1995.

Folks use to buy Buffalo from the local fish market back in the 70's. We called them adult fish because it was unsafe for kids to eat them because of the number of bones. My folks use to eat them all the time. Once I saw a live one I had no interest in frying one up.

in addition to the buffalo carp, there are freshwater drum in WRL and they will nail chatterbaits and small crankbaits. you will think that a lake record in on!

back in the 70's growing up on dixons branch, we would snag big carp with an ugly stik rod, zebco 33 reel and a huge treble hook. there were plenty of times i thought i would be pulled off the bank and into the creek.

the way this weather is going, should be crappie time soon enough on the rock

It already is. Crappie have been in the cattails nailing plastic baits I'm using to bass fish. Big crappie too, black ones!!