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Title: bowfishing
Post by: jonesy on May 13, 2008, 04:33:00 PM: Whos getting excited to do some bowfishing?jonesy
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Post by: BMN on May 13, 2008, 05:04:00 PM: I sure am. I was on a crappie fishing trip about a week ago and came across a large mud flat with a bunch of carp splashing in the shallows. Of course I didn't have my bow with me. :banghead:
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Post by: Luke Vander Vennen on May 13, 2008, 06:01:00 PM: I am :)

Went out in my kayak for the first bowfishing trip of the year. I landed one and had a lot more shots. Great time. The fish up here aren't spawning quite yet, but I think they will be soon.
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Post by: Jack Guard on May 13, 2008, 06:04:00 PM: I am due back to the US on the 3rd of July and thats one of the first things on my list. Been day dreaming for three years. Jack
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Post by: bailebr3 on May 13, 2008, 06:06:00 PM: already been. its been a great season so far. alot more big buffalo carp this year!! they spawn pretty early down here.
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Post by: jonesy on May 13, 2008, 06:46:00 PM: Went into my hot spot today and they arent ready to spawn yet, but iam lickin my chops. They make great fertilizer and interactive targets.jonesy
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Post by: Fletcher on May 13, 2008, 10:23:00 PM: Hey jonesy, I've been out to Lake Sangchris, SE from Spfld, once and got five before it started raining and I broke a nock. Looking for a calm day to get out again. The UBI Bowfish and BBQ is on this weekend down at Rend Lake. Where in IL are you?
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Post by: carparcher on May 13, 2008, 10:27:00 PM: With turkey season finally over, I can shift gears and go after the fish. The carp haven't really started much spawning as of yet, but I expect it any time. The water is starting to warm up! All the females we plunked had eggs in them.

(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p105/carparcher/IMG_1773.jpg)
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Post by: James Wrenn on May 13, 2008, 10:43:00 PM: We have been shooting a few as well.Shot this one on a flooded powerline last week before the wind got up too bad to run us home. :)
(http://funhunts.homestead.com/satcarp.jpg)
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Post by: CJ5 on May 13, 2008, 11:47:00 PM: I've just been once this year. I can't seem to find the time to get away..

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d39/kylecook/Bowfishing/IMG_0824.jpg)
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Post by: CJ5 on May 13, 2008, 11:51:00 PM: Ooops........my pic looks a little big. I didn't think to resize it :knothead:
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Post by: Featherbuster on May 14, 2008, 01:17:00 AM: I've had a little luck already.......

To give you an example how the big the fish are, I am 6'1" and weigh 235 pounds
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o216/clwhatley/CIMG0405.jpg)
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o216/clwhatley/CIMG0406.jpg)
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Post by: James Wrenn on May 14, 2008, 06:30:00 AM: Wow they are monsters! We don't have any like that around here.Wish we did. :D
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Post by: carparcher on May 14, 2008, 09:38:00 AM: Those look like Asian Silver Carp. Wow! We don't have those in Oklahoma (and that's probably a good thing). I made a trip to Illinois two years ago to shoot some of those out of the air. It was a blast, but I hear they are a real problem. Congrats on those pigs!
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Post by: JSimon on May 14, 2008, 01:28:00 PM: I've been a few times now. Still not spawning, but definitly hanging out in the shallows. I shot 16 carp last night. Here are a few pics. Check out this odd looking one. IT was deformed with the tail twisted exactly 90° so it swam like a dolphin or mermaid. Weird.

(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/jeff_simon13/2008_05130038.jpg)
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(http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w264/jeff_simon13/2008_05130036.jpg)
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Post by: trapperDave on May 14, 2008, 01:34:00 PM: freaky
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Post by: BobW on May 14, 2008, 02:41:00 PM: what are you hunting in, outwash of a nuclear plant? :eek:
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Post by: Stone Knife on May 14, 2008, 02:47:00 PM: Me and Joe will be going this coming weekend :readit: :notworthy:
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Post by: JSimon on May 14, 2008, 02:51:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by BobW:
what are you hunting in, outwash of a nuclear plant? :eek:
Worse...The Grand River.
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Post by: SKYLER W on May 14, 2008, 03:05:00 PM: We've been several times this year and had some great luck.......you can search for AWESOME BOWFISHING TRIP and see a lot more pics...Skyler (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1306.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1312.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1356.jpg) (http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k209/rickybob_2006/CIMG1324.jpg)
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Post by: Blackhawk on May 14, 2008, 03:10:00 PM: Holy Cow! Skyler W, now that was an awesome outing. If we get 20# fish here, it's a trophy. How big was the biggest?

Here in Washington, I missed the first spawn which was a couple weeks ago. A few days ago, I landed 24 of the 8-12 lb. common carp along with a couple "Mirror" carp (see pic.)

(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d108/lwscott/carp-1.jpg)
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Post by: carparcher on May 14, 2008, 03:58:00 PM: That twisted tail carp is awesome! I wonder if it got injured when it was very young/developing or something?
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Post by: JSimon on May 14, 2008, 04:20:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by carparcher:
That twisted tail carp is awesome! I wonder if it got injured when it was very young/developing or something?
I was wondering the same thing or if it was a birth defect. I kind of wish I would have taken it home and froze it, but it's probably been eaten by something by now.
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Post by: DW on May 14, 2008, 04:29:00 PM: Lon, The biggest one weighed 59 lbs. That Mirror carp is beautiful. We have only ever shot one around here.
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Post by: matt61 on May 15, 2008, 08:24:00 AM: Here in Australia we are not allowed to shoot carp with a bow in our rivers and streams it deemed to be spearfishing and illegal and carp are a major pest infesting almost all our rivers and lakes.But you can catch them with rod and line, but you are not allowed to return them to the water,you must kill the fish and bury the remains more than fifty meters away from the waters edge.And I`can drive five minutes from home and see twenty or thirty ten pound carp in a local creek untouchable---crazy heh. :rolleyes: