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Title: First fish of the year
Post by: silent sniper on May 11, 2014, 11:31:00 AM
I went out bow fishing for the first time this year.  It was past 10 pm by the time I got down to the outlet. The water was high and muddy which made for a bad night of fishing. Just as I was about to leave I saw a shape swimming up the current. By the time I was ready to shoot it spooked from the light and took off.   I drew back and let er loose as the fish quickly swam past me.                                                                                                          A smile crossed my face as I watched my arrow plow into the fish as it took off up the current.  After I short fight I had my hands on my first fish of the year.  It was a beautiful 23" silver sucker, my biggest sucker to date. Call me crazy but I think the silver sucker is a beautiful fish. One of these days Im going to have to get one mounted if its big enough.   Id say this is a good start to the season.  Cheers SS   (http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk218/action_2008/446B713C-82D2-42F0-85FC-33D28F562F13_zpszvkxutns.jpg) (http://s281.photobucket.com/user/action_2008/media/446B713C-82D2-42F0-85FC-33D28F562F13_zpszvkxutns.jpg.html)
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: shag08 on May 11, 2014, 12:15:00 PM
Nice! I agree with you...they are pretty fish. My wife is thinking about mounting one she killed yesterday.
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: on May 11, 2014, 01:49:00 PM
Congrats!

Bisch
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: Mudd on May 11, 2014, 02:06:00 PM
Nice fish!

Congratulations!!

God bless,Mudd
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: tradhunter on May 11, 2014, 07:19:00 PM
What a fun time it is to fling the sticks at the fish!
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: JEFF B on May 11, 2014, 09:33:00 PM
way cool dude
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: Jayrod on May 11, 2014, 09:40:00 PM
Congrats looks like a great time!
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: Brianlocal3 on May 11, 2014, 09:56:00 PM
Outstanding brother.

I had a clean up day last Monday and hammered them. Yesterday was skunked.  Good job
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: Charlie Lamb on May 11, 2014, 09:57:00 PM
Nice fish, but a taxidermist nightmare!! Around here the suckers are excellent eating... how about that one?
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on May 11, 2014, 10:03:00 PM
Congrats on your fish.  They are good smoked, or you can grind them up and make fish patties much like crab cakes.  Great stuff.
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: Trumpkin the Dwarf on May 12, 2014, 04:02:00 PM
I prefer steelhead for looks...
But nice shot!
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: SheltonCreeker on May 12, 2014, 08:25:00 PM
Congrats! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: First fish of the year
Post by: LB_hntr on May 13, 2014, 01:03:00 AM
very nice!
If you want a cool way to mount a light for bowfishing look at the one i have in this video. It will let you shoot with a light on your bow or also look at the headlamp set up in the video. Best fishing light set up out there.
http://tbwpodcast.com/video-26-bowfishing-equipment-overview/