Lightweight Bowfishing Rig

[Fletcher]

What have you found to work well for kids?  I set up a 30 lb Browning Mowhawk with a Retreiver, new Cajun lightweight shaft and an Innerloc Pro Point.  I figured the Innerloc with it's flat barbs would help with penetration, but first shot on a 3 lb carp all I got back was a couple of scales stuck on the tip.  Gonna try again with a regular solid glass arrow, but shot is gonna have to be close.

[Shinken]

Greetings Rick!

A couple years back Guru (Curt) was workin' with Cade to get his first fish and the arrows that Cade was shooting were bouncing off.  However, Curt came up with a modified fishpoint that actually had a COI broadhead point on the front that did the trick.  

I don't have the link, but maybe Curt hisself will jump in and give you the link that described and showed the broadhead sharp fish point.

Good luck!

Shoot straight, Shinken

   

[LB_hntr]

When my kids were younger had same problem. I cut the barbs half way off to that the tip didn't have to penetrate as far before the barbs could do those job. Made a huge difference. Find away to make the distance from tip to end of barbs as small as possible.

[macbow]

When my kids couldn't shoot over 25 pounds I would take a fiberglass fisharrowshaft and put a field point on it.
Drilled a hole through the side of the field point just smaller than a 4 penny nail then bent the nail back almost flush with the point. Ended up with a skinner barb on one side only.

I used these myself when I didn't want to mess up muzzy when fun shooting.

[Fletcher]

Thanks for the ideas, guys.  I'll be working on it.

[Todweelz]