Cade and I were invited to bowfish with our good friend Terry Receveur Last Friday.
He'd planned a trip with Charlie(cyclic river) and asked if we'd like to come along...we jumped at it, we always have a great time with Terry!
Captain Cade!
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Look at the smile!
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Calm before the storm...
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It took us a while to find the fish, we were looking in the weeds beds where the carp usually are...but we happened to figure out that they were only along the rocky shorelines for some reason.
First fish in the boat, and a nice one!
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Terry and Charlie helping Cade land his first of the night...
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Then Charlie hit one and his line broke! Terry quickly found the fish laying on the bottom with Charlie's arrow in it. Cade was quick to help out and get an arrow into Charlie's fish and got his arrow and the fish in for him!
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Cade got another one...luv this pic!
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Charlie with another...
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Earlier in the evening we were talking about Mirror carp and how none of us had never seen one in all our years of bowfishing.
Terry got another carp in the spotlight and Cade lined up to shoot...he missed...and as the they fish darted away I quickly shot and missed and the fish stopped!
I reeled as quick as I could and shot again at the still fish and drilled it!
As I got it to the boat, Terry said..."that looks like one of those Mirrors!"
As I got control of it I got a good look at it and he was right....my first Mirror carp!!
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What a cool trophy!
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Charlie with a couple more...
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A "thick" one...
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What a fun night we were having...
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Some fine shooing fellas!
Great pics as usual Curt.
Then Charlie and I doubled!
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Last fish of the night....Cade was trying my bow, so he wasn't shooting his special tipped arrow that I make for him.
He wanted to see if he could shoot a regular arrow and tip. He drilled this fish right behind the head, but the arrow hung up on a scale at the shoulder of the barb! He'd ""stoned the fish, but didn't have an arrow in it!
Once again Terry found it laying on the bottom and I shot it with Cade's bow as it was getting under the boat....Cade had his fish!
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Who would have thought we'd get a "Mirror" after talking about never even seeing one in all our years!
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An outstanding night of bowfishing!!
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Can't thank Terry enough!! And Charlie, thanks for letting us "tag along"....can't wait to do it again!!!!!
man i gotta get put with y'all someday
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:clapper: Fun for all!!!
That was great ,looks like you guys had a great time, thanks for sharing. :clapper:
Way to go guys! That mirror carp is awesome!
Ken
the first and only carp I have got was a mirror carp. didnt know they were a rare breed??
Way to go guys! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Nice Haul!!
Great night!
Gee Curt, it appears that the fella's let you shoot all the easy targets (the big ones) while they took the harder shots (the small ones)
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great shooting guys, looks like you all had a blast!
Looks like a great time. Great pics!
Looks like it was a blast.
awesome pics of what looks like an awesome time. i sure love bowfishing. maybe even more than deer hunting, actually.
Awesome! :thumbsup: :clapper:
Good job on your first mirror carp. That is all I see and shoot out here at the local resevoir. Kinda ugly things, I call them mange carp. Reminds me of a mangey ole coyote :D
Looks like a great night....that mirror Carp is very cool :notworthy:
once again you boys make me smile at the good times you put together, well done and congrats :thumbsup: :clapper:
You guys are a bunch of fish killers for sure!!!!!
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Even though he wont see this, I want to thank Terry for taking us along in his nice, new boat and getting it all bloody broken in.
Curt and Cade, You guys are a hoot to be around, thank you for coming up and taking pictures. I appreciate all the jokes and good times. This night was very much needed after the previous week at the swear word I call "work".
Curt, thanks for making it look like I only shoot the smaller harder targets, makes me look like a good shot :readit: ;) :p .
I am always impressed what a great Kid Cade is every time we see each other. He was shooting very good too. Its amazing one year ago he was having a hard time with penetration and now he can pull back that 50 lb bow of yours. Penetration was only an issue for me.
Cade, Thank you for saving my only working arrow that night.
What a great Time! :bigsmyl:
Good shooting fellas. Looks like some bigguns.
Way to go guys! Great fish! Cade is growin' up and seems to be able to hold his own for sure :)
Nice job, guys!
Good stuff guys!! :thumbsup: