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Title: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Guru on June 05, 2010, 10:30:00 AM
Been dying to go and now Turkey season is over. So, I woke up this morning at 4:45 and said..."I'm going bowfishing"


First fish of the year...
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Muzzy carp point...
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Time for another stalk...
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Got-um!
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My 58" Grizzly...
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Hang on, more coming....
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on June 05, 2010, 10:32:00 AM
Curt, what do You do with them?
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Guru on June 05, 2010, 10:38:00 AM
Not the only one enjoying the river this morning...
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What a great way to spend the first couple hours of the day. "Spot and stalk" bowfishing is just a blast!
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All 4 were about average for this river...
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Can't wait to go again!
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Shinken on June 05, 2010, 10:40:00 AM
What a great day of fishin'!

Thanks for sharin' the experience!

Shoot straight, Shinken
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: 2Blade on June 05, 2010, 10:49:00 AM
Awesome goin Curt! Id love to get out on the water this year. What river are you on?
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: wv lungbuster on June 05, 2010, 10:49:00 AM
Nice shooting Curt.   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Stone Knife on June 05, 2010, 11:04:00 AM
Nice batch of fertilizer   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: rastaman on June 05, 2010, 11:34:00 AM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Guru on June 05, 2010, 11:38:00 AM
Thanx guys....

2 blade, It's the Wallkill River.

Jim, Thanx for answering Sal's question.
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: bayoulongbowman on June 05, 2010, 11:52:00 AM
great pics! marco
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 05, 2010, 12:17:00 PM
I was gonna say wallkill.  I used to get them between Gardiner and New Paltz. I enjoyed wading in the water on a hot day and having them swim to me.

Nice shooting Curt. I'm headed out today on the Mohawk. It's still new to me so it may be more exploration than anything. Just waiting for Bowspirit to arrive and we'll be off.

I did a little shore scouting last night and saw about 40 however most were about 12-15 inches.  The way I look at it, it will take more to fill my bin    :bigsmyl:

I've always heard once you get wet by the wallkill, you will be back  someday.  :rolleyes:  

We'll see how true that is   :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Chris Surtees on June 05, 2010, 12:58:00 PM
:thumbsup:     :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: DW on June 05, 2010, 01:02:00 PM
Cool Curt. And you're bowfishing Spot is a lot Prettier than ours....Looks like a Smallie would be behind every rock...
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Dave Bowers on June 05, 2010, 01:18:00 PM
Awesome trip   :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on June 05, 2010, 07:43:00 PM
Well Don, maybe not every rock but there is a heck of a lot of smallies in there.  Some days you can't keep em off your line.  They are skinny due to being river fish but I caught my longest one ever in a Wallkill estuary.  26 inches.  It was longer than my heaviest I accidently caught while muskie fishing which was 24 inches and fat.

I you cant seem to catch the smallies there are walleyes in there too.
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on June 05, 2010, 07:46:00 PM
Good on ya, Curt!
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Larry Surtees on June 05, 2010, 08:04:00 PM
:thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: tukudu on June 05, 2010, 08:16:00 PM
Nice curt, always a blast.  :clapper:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: BMN on June 05, 2010, 08:52:00 PM
Looks like a great morning. What fun!
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Bowspirit on June 05, 2010, 10:54:00 PM
Is that cresting on that fish arrow...man, you do everything with style, don't ya' bud...  ;)

Great shooting, Curt...
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Ryan Sanpei on June 05, 2010, 11:51:00 PM
Sweet Curt!

 :clapper:    :clapper:    :clapper:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: bowhunterfrompast on June 06, 2010, 12:04:00 AM
Congrats   :thumbsup:  on a great day out
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: Guru on June 07, 2010, 02:23:00 PM
Yup Don, Some good smallie fishing to be had    :thumbsup:

Chris, I don't crest my fish arrows bud, it came that way. But thanx for the compliment    :notworthy:    :biglaugh:
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: timmy c on June 07, 2010, 07:24:00 PM
awesome pics curt looks like a blast
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: glenbo on June 07, 2010, 08:15:00 PM
Got my bowfishing rig in the mail when I got home tonight.Time to get out on the "big muddy"
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: tkytrac on June 07, 2010, 09:38:00 PM
What great fun!  I'll be out this w/e.  Hot and humid.  Great for spawning, feeding carp.  Great pics too!
Title: Re: 1st Bowfishing Trip of the Year
Post by: leatherneck on June 07, 2010, 11:10:00 PM
Oh yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!