I was wondering if any of you guys like to shoot fish. I shoot a 47# Wing Chaparrall.
Yup, 45# Black Bear, 808 Zebco spincast, muzzy fish arrow.
You will find quite a few here!!!
I am one of them, got me a knew kingfisher this last year!! What a kick in the pants!!
Yes! I shoot a Qwarf, 50#@28".
Yup, can't wait!
Lookin forward to it this year. Went for the first time last year. Now I'm hooked.
Oh Yea, springs just around the corner.
45# PSE Coyote
55# Browning Wasp t/d with 808 Zebco.
Thinking about getting the retriever though.
Used to bowfish back in my wheelie days...mostly for shad on the Delaware.
Once I get my new Turkey Creek, the Jeffery I'm shooting now will become a dedicated fishing bow.
We shot a few one day..........
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I love bowfishing! I have an ugly bow dedicated to it.
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nice pics guys!
Biggie what did you do with all those fish? :eek:
:thumbsup: whould love to try that one day!
ryan, i bought a pse kudu takedown with bushings so im going to rig up a spincast on it and see how i like it, if i do i may sell one of my ams bows
when i get the chance
Grizzly 50# Saunders shoot through reel. Lots of fun.
C'mon Charlie, shorts, street shoes and white socks! :scared: Your giving us trad bowfisherman a bad rep! :biglaugh: Nice gar!
Yup, me whole family shoots fish!!! We use and love the AMS Retriever Reel setup!!! Muzzy arrahs as well, with the Safety Slide.
Here's the wife, with her first ever bowkill, daughter was "Guide" that day...lol
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If you don't have holes, or don't want to drill any, these new Gadget Adapters are da deal!!!
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Holy carp! Biggie, did you guys smoke all those? Smoked carp is some good eating!
I usually quit when I have all I feel like cleaning. That's one more thing I miss about farming. When I was a kid, I could just feed any excess to my hogs. Man, do they love carp!
Vaughn, keep your eyes out around here. I was talking to Sal on the way home yesterday about a NJ Tradgang shad shoot this spring.
Hey Brad, I know that spot where you and your wife shot those fish!! Still want to hook up with ya this spring and shoot fish. When ya think the earliest the fish will start spawning?
Talk to ya later
Brian
50# Monkey Ward Special and AMS retriever
K so do you eat carp? Should you eat carp? The Way everyone makes it sound the R and the A should be switched. I will shoot some of those this year I found a HOLE full of them!!
Nice thread Ryan! I've got a good buddy who smokes the carp he shoots after soaking in a brine, then cans the smoked fish. Darn good actually! No kidding! In fact I just ate some the other day. Kind of leaves a funky smell on your fingers, but is really tasty!
Smoked carp is every bit as good as smoked salmon. In fact, it also cans well and tastes almost identical to canned salmon. Other than being boney, carp are fine for eating. My mom used to pressure cook them with the bones in. They got soft, just like salmon bones. She made carp patties out of them. They weren't as pink, otherwise I couldn't tell them from salmon. Of course, we didn't have much money, so being picky meant going hungry. ;)
QuoteOriginally posted by 30coupe:
Smoked carp is every bit as good as smoked salmon. In fact, it also cans well and tastes almost identical to canned salmon. Other than being boney, carp are fine for eating. My mom used to pressure cook them with the bones in. They got soft, just like salmon bones. She made carp patties out of them. They weren't as pink, otherwise I couldn't tell them from salmon. Of course, we didn't have much money, so being picky meant going hungry. ;)
Hey 30 where is Manly at in Ia. We have a bunch of tournys comin up if you are interested.
QuoteOriginally posted by Lefty:
Yes! I shoot a Qwarf, 50#@28".
Hey lefty you know Jim Smith? You should come check out some of our tournys we are gonna have this year.
here is my biggest fish and a good day
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QuoteOriginally posted by TRB:
Grizzly 50# Saunders shoot through reel. Lots of fun.
TRB same goes for you if you are interested in some tournys.
Hey, I'm going to have to get back in to this. In my early years I and a friend got caught in the wrong spot. We loved doing this. When I go fishing now my fly fishing brothers call me the worm dunker!
I would try your tourny. I was in one a couple of years ago, at Lake Odessa. My partner and his son and I finished 9th out of 12 teams.At least it wasn`t last place. We shot 25 fish. Winning team had 110.
Only been the once, but I'd kill to get another shot! Never had so much fun! :D :D :D
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Naw....we eat catfish. Carp get turned under in the food plots.
This load was from the Traditional Bowhunters of Ga. shoot. One night on West Point lake. A catfood company sent a truck for these. Front and center is Joebuck.
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Wow Biggie! You guys got a couple or 3 fish that night hey! ;) :D
:scared: Thats alot of fish!!! Bowfishing keeps the mid summer deer jitters at a minimum for myself.
QuoteOriginally posted by BMOELLER:
Hey Brad, I know that spot where you and your wife shot those fish!! Still want to hook up with ya this spring and shoot fish. When ya think the earliest the fish will start spawning?
Talk to ya later
Brian
50# Monkey Ward Special and AMS retriever
I've always said I should start shooting fish after 1pm during turkey season....and I always wait until AFTER turkey season...lol. Give me a holler!!!! I found a couple of other spots, not far from this one!!!
all this talk of eating carp brings the subject of fried gar to mind...yes gar in my thought is tastier than catfish if one takes the time to learn to clean them which is easy yet kinda a pain as tools needed are a good knife, some tin snips or shears and a fillet knife. to start punch a hole in the hide behind the head and then start cutting with your snips or shears back to the dorsal fin, once the first cut is made, make downward cuts at the gills and also at the dorsal fin on each side. after the cuts are made, skin the hide back and take the fillet knife and peel the backstraps away from the spine, when cleaned right you will have 2 thick bonless fillets of gar when breaded and fried are hard to beat. a couple other notes, gar eggs are poisenous so be sure to remove all eggs from the meat, and only rinse the fillets and dry before freezing as soaking them will turn them to mush
Hey Steve you arent a "traditional" bowfisherman. LOL You gotta use your Mahaska if you wanna be with us. LOL. Just messin with ya.
PSE KINGFISHER and Muzzy Arrows....Bear Reel..We shoot a lot of Tilapia and Gar. Also shoot Rays and Sharks along the Gulf Coast.
Couple of years ago got my first, but hopefully not last, gator in Lake Hancock near Auburndale Fl...nice 6 1/2 footer.
Here's a pretty good buffalo from Guntersville Lake in Alabama..38#
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Great photos guys, gotta love bowfishing. Here are a few shots from a trip my brother and I took from last season. I use an old Hoyt huntmaster recurve.
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nice! :thumbsup: :clapper:
I love it!!Bear 76er with an AMS reel and Muzzy arrow.I have 10ft(yes 10FT)boat rigged just to shoot fish. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/soldier321/Picture066.jpg)
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Deadsmple,
Is that a Hoyt Hunter or Target Supreme bow that you've got there for bowfishing? I use one a lot like it...except it ain't quite so shiny! :bigsmyl:
Timberbound
Has anyone tried Atlatl fishing??? I believe we're gonna have to try that one this year!!!
QuoteOriginally posted by KentuckyTJ:
Great photos guys, gotta love bowfishing. Here are a few shots from a trip my brother and I took from last season. I use an old Hoyt huntmaster recurve.
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Hey TJ, What kind of fish is this????
That's a spoonbill, aka "paddlefish".
ryan, just dont have the heart to take the mahaska out and slime it up
Bowhuntingfool, Jason's correct its a spoonbill catfish. The eggs from this wary creature is what we call caviar. We've cleaned and ate quit a few of them. They have very tasty white meat when dunked in batter and laid in a hot basket of grease. Another interesting fact is their spine. It's not bone its cartilage. When cleaning one you can score around the tail and pull it right out. Looks like a giant trick worm.
Ryan Scott,
Yea I know Jim Smith really well. I have know him for quite a few years now.
Chris
I think this was at Lake Eufaula. Missed the state record by 4 oz :-(
My 1st (and only) homemade recurve.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Lefty:
Ryan Scott,
Yea I know Jim Smith really well. I have know him for quite a few years now.
Chris
You guys should come shoot some tournaments this year.
I shot a few last year with a 45# recurve and had trouble getting good penetration most of my arrows pulled out, it didnt even go infar enough for the barbs of the arrow to grab the fish.
any ideas on that. The only thing I thought was I was short drawing the bow.
Terry
Um, yeah, I bowfish a little bit!!!! HEHEHEHE! Mark
C'mon Mark, post a few pictures!
Tfolts, I shoot all of my fish with 45# bows...pull it back and let er fly!
i cant wait for the carp shootin to start...but i just gotta get a another bow first...started out with a pse coyote 50#,limb cracked,...got a pse kingfisher 45#, but turned out only 31# at 28". so i think im gonna get a used bear kodiak mag. 55#. i got a zebco 808 awhile back, just gotta get line now. what are you guys suggestions?? i know i cant use the thick stuff(300#nylon) i had on my drum reel
Nephews...
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My dad and my son with some we shot last year
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More from the last couple of years:
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QuoteOriginally posted by bailebr3:
just gotta get line now. what are you guys suggestions?? i know i cant use the thick stuff(300#nylon) i had on my drum reel
I would suggest Power Pro line. It is kinda like spider wire. Really strong stuff. You might wanna get some with color so you dont think that you lost an arrow when your line hits the water. Oh yeah and if you like all your fingers dont grab the line when a fish is on.
TTT
Man Biggie, you've put some arrow's into some fish ain't ya. I've taken a few carp and gar out of lake russell on the GA/SC line, it's fun that's for sure.
Kentucky TJ, or anyone who knows where can a man whack one of them shovel nose catfish?Thats a creature worth traveling for.
Herkimerhunter,
The paddlefish is protected in many waters, like here in Ohio. But I do know that out in Montana, where the world record comes from, you can shoot them with a bow. Last I heard you got a tag for one like a deer tag. Kentucky and Indiana allow you to shoot them, too I think.
Where I am from in Missouri you can't shoot them but spoonbill snagging is a deep-seated tradition and a hell of a lot of fun once you hook one of them. Just be careful because in Missouri you aren't allowed to posess the eggs at all. They must be discarded when you clean the fish. Back in the 70s and 80s guys were netting them just for the eggs as they make very desireable caviar. So the state passed the law that you can't posess the eggs at all, even if the fish was caught legally...which is too bad because those eggs make some of the best catfish bait there is. But it's not worth the hundreds of dollars in fines if you get caught with them.
They are truly marvels. My best is 71 lbs and I have been in the boat when a 96 pounder was taken.
Thanks Dale I really want one.Ill have to do some researching and TradGang networking.
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Shooting out of a Kayak is tricky
You can get a tag for spoonbill on the Missouri River by Nebraska. I hear it is alot of fun.
Herkimerhunter, they are in our rivers here in KY. You can shoot two per man per day with just a fishing license required. They are very wary and you have to shoot quick.
i started last year and will have my new bow specifically made for bow fishing soon but it will hunt everything. The only bad thing is you can only bowfish for carp and gar in ohio. Oh well itll have to do.
LOVE TO BOWFISH. THE BEST WAY IN THE WORLD TO SPEND A SUMMER DAY FROM DAYLIGHT TO DARK.
I love to bow fish. But it looks like I do it a little different than you guys. I dawn my back quiver with about 2 dozen wood arrows & broadheads and wotk the back waters. After you stick him leave arrow in carp and stick in bottom of lake with your arrow sticking up and after you get tired go around and pick them up, put on stringer, take home and cook them. Don't forget to cut out mud streak. and score the meat so bones cook up. "Bear"
My wife and I with a couple from last year... The biggest from this night was just over 26 lbs. Had a few others in the upper teens.
Not often you see a picture of a girl who looks cute holding a dead carp!
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QuoteOriginally posted by celticknot:
i started last year and will have my new bow specifically made for bow fishing soon but it will hunt everything. The only bad thing is you can only bowfish for carp and gar in ohio. Oh well itll have to do.
You cant shoot buffalo? or shad/perch?