Dog Fishin' with Overspined!!

longbowjim · June 06, 2009, 10:30:00 PM

I just thought that I would post some pics of my first night time bowfishing trip. Many thanks to Matt for taking me along. It was definitely some of the most fun that I have ever had on a lake.
Matt with the first fish of the night.

The only Gar of the night.

Another dog for Matt

Me and my first fish at night. And the first confirmed kill with a Kajika Stik!

joevan125 · June 06, 2009, 10:32:00 PM

Gitter done

Tim Fishell · June 06, 2009, 10:33:00 PM

Nice guys!! Looks like a great time!

longbowjim · June 06, 2009, 11:05:00 PM

It was a great time. Matt has a great set up with and outboard jet motor, generator, lights, and a platform up front. My wife was waiting at the door for me when I came in at 2:30 in the morning. I told her that I would be home about midnight, but lost track of time. If both trolling motor batteries wouldn't have ran low it would've been even later. JD

owlbait · June 07, 2009, 06:58:00 AM

Shooting at night is magical, ain't it? So much to see, and your hunting too. Looks like you hooked up with the a guy who has the right set-up to make it even more fun. Congrats.

Benny Nganabbarru · June 07, 2009, 07:04:00 AM

Stone Knife · June 07, 2009, 07:26:00 AM

Nice shooting guy's, I'm hoping to get my boat set up for night time before the end of summer.

rastaman · June 07, 2009, 07:29:00 AM

Very cool! Nice looking bow!

2treks · June 07, 2009, 07:59:00 AM

Looks like fun Jim. I hope to get out for some "dog fishing" soon. did you go over by you?
Chuck

yellow bow · June 07, 2009, 08:09:00 AM

:cool:

pete p · June 07, 2009, 08:58:00 AM

cool looking limbs on that kajika! that fish looks similar to an eelpout. sounds like your wife was worried about ya...better not tell her you want to bear hunt from a pit blind!

KentuckyTJ · June 07, 2009, 09:06:00 AM

Nice J.D. we don't have those kind of fish down here. Are they eatable?

Chris Surtees · June 07, 2009, 09:11:00 AM

longbowjim · June 07, 2009, 09:29:00 AM

Tom- he fish are only eatable to racoons and beaver. It would be nice if they were. Some people might try to eat them, but they have to have pretty numb taste buds. JD

jimmerc · June 07, 2009, 10:53:00 AM

Jim, that looks like more fun than the chuck hunting I was telling you about!!

frank bullitt · June 07, 2009, 11:17:00 AM

Grindel, prehistoric fish, With a mouth full of teeth! TJ, you probably have them just don't see them. We have them in the Wabash and it's tributaries. Good shootin, Steve

Overspined · June 07, 2009, 03:05:00 PM

Jim didn't mention that we had a couple of shots at carp, which are rare on this lake, and the size of basketballs right now. Jim had a monster on but I think he pulled him in too hard and it got off!

So after seeing the carp, we were ready for some big fish and almost drew on some very large snapping turtles, but the funniest thing was when I yelled not to shoot as we were both drawn on an unidentified "fish" that shot out from some cattails in front of the boat at a rapid pace. As it swam away Jim said "Do you know how many silencers I could have made from that thing?" Of course, it was a 30# beaver! Poor critter doesn't know how close he came to collateral damage..lol.

Overspined · June 07, 2009, 03:11:00 PM

Oh yeah, and Jim didn't mention how much practice it takes to shoot about 3 ft down in the water! He said he hopes he doesn't get in the habit of shooting under deer expecting a hit!

BowHuntingFool · June 07, 2009, 03:20:00 PM

Good times, good times! Looks like a blast, I STILL haven't been bowfishing yet! I need to give this a try!

Arwin · June 07, 2009, 03:23:00 PM

Thats great!!! Matt is a good guy, he and his better half put up with my sons antics at the Elm Hall shoot.

Looks like you had a good time.