Fixed properly, carp is delicious! When I was a young man, we would often spend lazy summer afternoons drinking beer and fishing for Carp in a nearby marsh pond or one of the many rivers in the area. They were so plentiful then, that the fisheries people asked for all Carp to be kept, and not returned to the water. We would just throw them on the banks and let them collect flies.
One weekend we were exceptionally skilled in our fishing abilities, and caught several 8# plus fish and had them laying on the bank when another friend came along and witnessed the feat. This friend asked what our plans were for these fish. We just laughed and told him he was welcome to all he wanted. He collected up several prime examples and, without even wetting his own line, was off. Then next weekend we invited him back to join us in the fishing. Again we caught several good fish and every one went into his cooler on ice.
Fast forward about a month, we were invited to his mother and fathers home for dinner. She only asked that we bring our own beer. Being young, and having tasted her fine cooking on numerous occasions', and being broke 20 somethings, we, of course , said yes. After eating a fine feast, featuring some of the best fried fish I have ever eaten, we were informed that the fish was indeed, those same Carp.