I got to go bowfishing last night!

I don't get to do much bowfishing but the opportunity arose last night and I jumped at it!

Action Shot:

     

Here is the haul. 123 fish between 3 guys. Mostly plecos, but also talapia, perch, shad, common carp, gar, and sucker fish.

     

Those plecos are so ugly they are kind of cool looking:

     

I used a Bob Lee recurve (53#@29") and an AMS Retriever reel.

See ya later,

Bisch

[rastaman]

Awesome haul Bisch!      

[Tony Sanders]

Congrats Bisch. Looks like you made up for lost time. The Talapia and Perch are some good eating fish.

  Tony

[rushlush]

Looks like a good time!

[ozy clint]

i think the water level just dropped a foot without all those fish in there.

great going bisch!

[Danny Rowan]

What the heck is a pleco? I lived in Texas most of my life and never seen or heard of them, are they an exoctic invasive species? snakehead?

Originally posted by Danny Rowan:
What the heck is a pleco? I lived in Texas most of my life and never seen or heard of them, are they an exoctic invasive species? snakehead?

PLECOSTOMUS - It is the same fish that you see in aquariums, only they get BIG in the river. The are native to South America. Someone let some go in the Guadalupe River and they have multiplied like crazy. They are destructive to the habitat. They are not any good to eat. (the talapia and all the perch are great table fare).

Danny, I had no clue these existed in Texas until about two weeks ago when I saw a pic in another forum. After talking to the guy who posted the pic, I ended up being invited to go with him and his son. It was a hoot and I'm ready to try it again.

Bisch

[KOOK68]

NICE!! I thought of Old Bald Guy when I saw the fish!! Then saw his son, and realized I was right!!
LOL

[Anointed Archer]

Wow what a haul, great job guys!

[CavScoutArcher]

Sweet!  Good shooting. Looks like you boys had a blast!

[Cyclic-Rivers]

In my last job we sold a lot of plecos. They came from another fish farm after a hurricane and we couldn't catch/sell them fast enough to keep populations in check.

Those Tilapia can be the same way. at least they are good to eat.

Nice Haul.

[Richie]

Wow, very impressive  

[coaster500]

Shoot a bunch of those "PLECOSTOMUS" ...  skin them!!! there's got to be something I can put those skins on  

[SAM E. STEPHENS]

Good shooten.........
,,,,Sam,,,,,,

[Arwin]

Those things are WEIRD!!!      

[AU Coonhunter]

Congrats, looks like a good time.

[huntmaster80]

setting up my rig now hopefully to get out this weekend, if I can find someone to go with me

[kat]

Way to go Bisch.  It looks like a great time.

[KentuckyTJ]

Never even heard of a Plecos. Very cool Bisch thanks for posting this.

[GANDGOLF]

Leve it to BISCH to come up with something WEIRD !!! LOL. Good JOB BISCH !!