Longbows for bowfishing?

[Apex Predator]

I have had a time with shooting a solid fiberglass arrow from my longbows. They are 3/16" from center shot. I initially tried one of those graphite shafts and almost took my strike plate off! Way too stiff. I can hit what I'm aiming at with the fiberglass ones, but not getting straight flight. I bounced it off of several gators the other day. I finally stuck one pretty good, but had the barb pull out right away. I'm thinking a center shot bow would be a better choice. I know the center shot bow would shoot the shafts straighter for better penetration. Any thoughts, or experiences with longbows and bowfishing?

[mark land]

All bows used for bowfishing need to be bare shaft tuned to get the straightest flight possible and with most longbows, they are not cut to center.  I have had to shorten several fiberglass shafts to get them to spine properly off some heavier poundage recurves, but with most around the 50# range, they fly great full length.  Tune them just like you would for hunting and see what a bareshaft with no line attached flies like and adjust the length if they are excessively weak.  Good luck, Mark
Or just holler at me here at Muzzy and I will be glad to help, straight shaft flight is very critical with bowfishing arrows as it is with hunting shafts!

[Apex Predator]

Thanks Mark!