Your Pearson should be a geat fishing bow. I like between 40-50 lbs for most fish. If you are going to chase bigheads on the Ohio, you might want a bit more; head shots are best and they can take some oomph. The retreiver is a great reel and my preference, altho a wind on will work OK, too. Many guys prefer a big pushbutton spincast reel - the Muzzy seems to be the best. They are defifitely the fastest when the shooting gets wild. A canoe is OK, but not the most stable shooting platform, a bass boat would be better, but you'll want something that can get shallow and whatever you use will be pretty slimy/dirty. Point is a compromise. I like a Sureshot for regular carp. A couple turns of the shaft allows the barbs to reverse for fish removal and to get the point out of the muck or roots. It doesn't hold or penetrate as well as some others, however. For bigheads and othe soft fish, I like the long barb Cajun; squeeze the barbs down some to help penetration. The barbs flop sideways to hold and the long barbs really help on soft fish like bigheads and silver carp. A Muzzy head is a good compromise.
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