I know it's a long way to a warmer day but I would like to see some of your bow fishing set ups.

My daughter still lives on Clearlake and it has a huge karp population. I hope to try it from a Kayak this year but I need to set a bow up.

Get an AMS Retriever and a set of Safety Slides, for me they're mandatory equipment - especially the safety slides.  I've been bowfishing for 19 years and I wouldn't trade my oldRetriever for anything.  I'd say it's 18 years old by now and still going strong.

Big_Al, What bow do you use and how did you attach the AMS to your bow.

Thanks

Maybe this will help Kip.

Here is a pic of my sons set up and mine. On his I used Riser inserts ( I regret it now). In the pic of mine I used the ams trad mount. Works great on my Bear Super Mag

I like the idea of not drilling. That ams trad mount is slick.

knd2970, that looks like a pretty good day of fishing !!


Thanks guys

Kip

I have a AMS on a PSE Yote.  The bow has all the hole pre-drilled.  I also use a roller rest, the only down side it is slightly on the heavy side.

Keep it coming guys - some link to videos - Looks like I will be doing this in florida and texas.

Gotta see what I am getting into.

JB

I need to get the AMS. I just have the hand reel that came with my PSE Kingfisher bowfishing kit.

I really like the ams trad mount as I can use one of the longbows I all ready own. I just don't know how well they will work from a Kayak. I am going to have to really cant the bow alot. You sit real low to the water. I have never tried to shoot a bow from one.

Hey Ryan nice halibut maaaaaannnthat would be tough with a bow - pretty deep water bud.

tee hee

hey Jerry, it's tough enough with a rod and reel  

Sal, does that open face reel get tangled easy?

Just to for-warn you if you use your longbow, make sure it is a bow that you don't care if it gets scratched or dropped in the water...It will happen

I haven't used it yet. I know others that have used them and never heard anything bad. if You reel it to tight I would think it would get tangled. The paper work did say that you should first get the string wet, then reel it up. I'll be using it to see how it works this week end So I'll let you know.

Thanks Sal

Hey Ryan if you got one of those big alaskan halibuts you may need a bigger boat bud    

There are some brutes up here. i think you could bowfish the flounders here though. they are only in about 3-6 feet of water.

Put you would need to be in a boat (like you said) that was higher so the angle would be better.

JB

Ryan,
the reel worked just fine. I had no problems.

Carp Vader from Jim Belcher. Wave Roller rest. Bow and set-up worked great last year, especially at the Great Lakes Bowfishing Championship.

i've done some heavy customising and come up with a big game fishing setup. for sharks i use a garpoon point on a solid glass shaft. i've made an adapter on the point to accept a glue on broad head.
 

i use a homemade cable slide system so if this happens i'm still connected to whatever broke it.


on the bow i have a homemade bracket to attach a handline. i incorporated a snap on air fitting for quick detach if needed.

for normal bowfishing i just use the handline setup with IGFA 130# dacron trolling line and AMS slides on the arrow.

for sharks i use just 20 yards of the 130# line to shoot with. the back end of this is tied to my game rod which sits in my gimbal belt while shooting with the drag set light. after the shot i just let them take the line off the spool on the bow, take up pressure on the rod, engage the drag fully and hang on!

works a treat! 8'2" tiger shark


7' 3 3/4" hammerhead


i have used a spincast reel for fish also but i sold it after getting tired of losing arrows because of forgetting to push the button.