Bowfishing

[sheepdogreno]

Very cool tony! The carp we shoot aren't that tasty! Haha

[Tall Paul]

Way to go Tony!

[Tony Sanders]

This is my best friend Jimmy and I, 2 years before he and his wife moved down to Easley South Carolina. This was his one and only Stingray. pardon the bloody water in the pic.


  Tony

 

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Here is a picture of my strap on set up

 

 

 

Another set up on the cheap...

 

An example of how bows get beat up:

 

[Whitetail Addict]

Thanks for all the great info and the pictures everybody, I really appreciate all your help. I'd like to respond to each of you, but I've got a sinus infection, with a headache that's making it tough to look at my monitor screen right now.

Thanks again everybody, much appreciated.

Bob

[Bow man]

The AMS adapters are the way to go work great and no scratched on a bow

[Whitetail Addict]

After looking at the regs, it appears that the only fish we're allowed to hunt here in NY are carp. I mentioned earlier that I wanted to try for some suckers when I get an outfit put together too, but I guess that isn't gonna happen.    I'm more interested in "big game" anyway.

Bob

[Whitetail Addict]

Originally posted by Bow man:
The AMS adapters are the way to go work great and no scratched on a bow

Thanks Bow man.

Bob

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Our regs say Carp and have a season, most states say Rough fish and open year round.  I am not sure if the sucker would fall into the carp category but would be worth looking into as I hear they are good eating.

The Erie canal by you has some good Carping. If you want to walk the barge trail with me this way and shoot from shore, give me a  yell. most of them are small, the one above is an average size for there. But mid to late summer you usually get 15-20 shots and if you want a snapping turtle too.

[Whitetail Addict]

I bet you're right Charlie, I took a quick look, and didn't think about the suckers being rough fish. I'll look into it some more.

Carp can actually be decent eating. Not walleye for sure, but not bad. My Grandfather used to have me bring him one alive once in a while. He'd put them in a big tub with clean water, feed them canned corn for a week or ten days, changing the water once or twice, then eat them. It gets rid of a lot of the muddy taste. I haven't done it in years, but it does improve the flavor, and you can get some nice steaks from along each side of the spine. Something to try sometime when your bored, and don't have any other fish to eat.    :D  

Thanks for the offer Charlie, I may just take you up on it. I've got to get myself outfitted first, and I'm a turkey hunting fool, so it probably wouldn't be until after turkey season anyway, but it does sound like a good time, thank you. I have a few places out this way that would be good too. If we hit it off, and I don't see why we wouldn't, we could switch it up, or just meet somewhere half way once in a while. I'll keep it in mind for sure. Thanks Charlie.

Bob

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Sounds Good Bob.  My wife and I share a  car so its tough for me to escape for more than an hour or two at a time.

I would eat carp if I could find a  non polluted body of water to shoot them from. I'm not worried about the taste so much as the mercury and PCP's.

[randy grider]

Get a cheap, banged up bow off ****, preferably with a stabilizer insert. take a 1 liter soft drink bottle, drill hole in cap big enough for a screw that fits the insert, put as large a washer as will fit in cap under screw head and tighen, screw bottle on and BAM, cheap bowfishing spool ! some say use "Greatstuff" insulating foam in a can to fill the bottle for rigidity, but its not totally necessary. For a cheap arrow the fiberglass reflector poles at lowes work good, than just get some sturdy line and buy a commercial bowfishing head. A cheap rig that's as good as any.

[mangonboat]

randy, you're a man after my own heart. I spent years trying to perfect a bowfishing reel made from a large tuna fish can vs a car wax can.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Originally posted by mangonboat:
randy, you're a man after my own heart. I spent years trying to perfect a bowfishing reel made from a large tuna fish can vs a car wax can.

Same here, when I was 12, I forged a reel from a large soup can. It was rough but sure worked until I found a  spool type reel at a garage sale for $1.00. for a 13 year old, i was in heaven.

[randy grider]

I have used the old bear spools and did not like them, too much resisitance slowing the arrow down. The pop bottle works better. And, its FREE !!!

[Whitetail Addict]

Originally posted by randy grider:
Get a cheap, banged up bow off ****, preferably with a stabilizer insert. take a 1 liter soft drink bottle, drill hole in cap big enough for a screw that fits the insert, put as large a washer as will fit in cap under screw head and tighen, screw bottle on and BAM, cheap bowfishing spool ! some say use "Greatstuff" insulating foam in a can to fill the bottle for rigidity, but its not totally necessary. For a cheap arrow the fiberglass reflector poles at lowes work good, than just get some sturdy line and buy a commercial bowfishing head. A cheap rig that's as good as any.

Thanks randy, that's a big help.  

Charlie, I can relate to sharing a car. My girlfriend and I do the same thing. It's challenging at times, isn't it?

Bob