Friday after work I rushed home to hook up the boat and grab my gear. I was on my way to pick up a friend and to meet six others for a weekend of bow fishing. After a 3-1/2 hour trip we got to the river as the sun was setting not to return to the lake house until the sun made its next appearance.
Saturday found us throwing cornhole bags and enjoying some refreshments most of the day and around 5 pm we chunked, battered and dropped some spoonbills into some hot grease, boy were they tasty. After that it was back to business.
We shot our limit of spoonbill catfish the second night. The fish were everywhere an amazing time as usual for this top secret spot. A great two nights of bow fishing with good friends. Weather cooperated and we were in fish non-stop all night both nights.
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WOW!!! Happy Faces and Monster Catfish!! Sounds Like a Great Time Was Had By ALL!!! :archer: :goldtooth:
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NowTHATis OneUGLY FISH!! :eek:
What were the others.Great haul by the way.
im with bill on that one!!! :biglaugh:
Other than the spoony's we shot big head and silver carp and some gar.
A fun weekend for sure. I love to see guys shooting those bigheads and silvers.
Congrats :thumbsup:
Great shooting.
Those are different, nice shooting.
Very cool, TJ. Never mind the top secret spot but how about telling us what river you were at? Ohio? Mississippi? I've never eaten Spoonies but I hear they're delicious. Great pics, man.
Doug
Hey Doug, we were on the Ohio. They are very good indeed. We've been going to this spot for 8 years now and it's amazing how the fish are multiplying. Each year we see more fish.
Looks like alot of fun, that's for sure!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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damn Indiana dnr is or has taken away our ability to fish for spoonbills,,, its OK for the commercial guys but not the sportsmen/women :(
http://www.hoosierhunting.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?/topic/15/516.html
Dave just buy a non-resident Ky fishing license and hit the river.
I have a friend who snags Spoonies. He brings spoonbill fillets to deer camp, marinates and grills them. I call em ghetto swordfish. I've also eaten them cubed and fried. They may look ugly but are plain delicious. I've never heard of bowfishing for them before. thats cool.
It's not that "top secret of a spot" Hehe, I know exactly where that is at!!! Nice fish, looking forward to shooting some this weekend and hopefully the following at the Campbells Challenge as well. Mark
The longer that I'm on TG, the more I want to move down south or out west. You people get to have all of the fun. I do have to say that your deer are better looking than you fish though. Them are some butt ugly fish. I have a cajun deep fryer if you want to send some this way!!! JD
Can a fella do any good bowfishing for spoonies in the daylight hours?
Mark, you know where all the good spots in North America are I'd say. Brother the Muzzy's where eating this weekend.
J.D., I'd send you a bag but my wife may disown me. She calls it "Kentucky Grouper".
Doug, I'm afraid to say it's mainly a night time game. What's terrible is a commercial fishermen can catch all he wants I believe and we can only shoot two each per day. We could have sunk the boat with them. If any of you KY biologists are reading this like I said, I've been shooting this same spot for 8 years and they have multiplied each year. If we could take 4 each per day it would fill my freezer faster.
Well some of them!!! :)
Hey Tom give me a call here at Muzzy, might be heading up there this weekend to do some scouting for the Campbells and shoot some fish! 866-387-9307 Thanks, Mark
TJ, I thought I'd seen everything...SPOONBILL CATFISH???? Well now I've seen everything. Those are some HOGS! I think even I could hit one of those beasts. They look like the size of a salmon. Spotlighting for fish. Sounds like fun.
Hey Mark,
I already talked to Bryan yesterday...Tom don't know nothing...LOL
That was a great trip as always!
Can't wait to head back down.
Mike
Can I suggest you save the skins. They would make beautiful backings for bows. I would love to have skins like that in the freezer to adorn my self bows and laminates with.
They resemble blue catfish in their coloration.
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Hey Mark,
I already talked to Bryan yesterday...Tom don't know nothing...LOL
That was a great trip as always!
Can't wait to head back down.
Mike
You should be quiet Kimosabe, your new Indian name is going to be "Speaks to ALL"
Post your picts Mike.
WOW TJ, now that's something I could get interested in real fast!!!
Yeah Allen, it is a great time for sure. They are some slimmy buggers though. I scrubbed the boat down the other night for two hours.
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Cool! When's dinner?