Man, the fishing was a blast! Larry & I spent all of Wednesday morning tramping up & down the Pecos looking for Carp & Gar. We saw some
real pigs in the river, but they were either just too far off, or we just plain missed 'em :D
I remember one little incedent on the Friday night, before the hunt. Me, Larry, Vance & Walt were all sat in Vance's Motel room in Del Rio, justvisitin' & shootin' the breeze & the conversation got round to bowfishing. I seem to recall Larry saying something about Zebco reels.... I'd mentioned that I'd got a Retreiver 'cause it was so simple. No buttons to press before the shot. If I recall correctly, the next line was " Man, y'all gotta be
real stoopid to forget to press the button. An' even if ya do, your drag should be set right anyways "
Cut back to Wednesday..... Larry's drawing down on a
nice carp..........TWANG....
He ain't living this down!
Here's my result from the fishin' anyway...
Apparently it's a Telapia (?)
The next fish I had a shot at was a Hog of a carp. Managed to nick it in the tail. Well that ol' hoss just ran clear off with my arrow, ran all the line out from the reel & busted up the line at the slider knot! We reckoned it must've been around the 40-50 pound mark! Last I saw of it, it was heading towards Mehico with 2' of white fibreglass sticking up like a mast!