Terry had called to invite us to go on the Carp-a-geddon again on Thurday evening. I knew Cade was(me too) dying to get back on that boat, so after making sure work and baseball wouldn't conflict....we headed up the mighty Hudson river, and found ourselves waiting at the boat ramp...
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The Carp-a-geddon is an incredible rig...
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As you can see in the pix, it was a beautiful evening. All together it would be Terry and his and Mrs. Receveur, son (and beautiful bear killer) Tyler, daughter Emily who would be bowfishing for her first time, me, Cade and of course Capt. Bob.
Capt. Bob and Terry having a laugh...
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Emily and Cade were up front to get first crack at anything Cpt. Bob spotted...Tyler and I would back them up, and take any "long-ish" shots. Tyler was the first to connect and a great long shot on his side of the boat...
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Emily was doing great, even though she'd never shot a bow before, the Receveur genetics took over and she started hitting fish! But because of the weeds, Water Chestnuts(about the stringiest,strongest weeds imaginable) she was having troulbe landing them.
Water Chestnuts...
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Cade was having the same trouble, he's already hit 2 fish that had pulled off when something very memorable for all involved was about to unfold...
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I spotted a fish out in front of Cade and myself, pointed it out to him, and as he drew, I drew to back him up.
My plan was to shoot and get another arrow into anything he shot. I released on his release....my arrow dissappeared in the muddy water, as his started dancing off through the water....fish on!
He'd made another great shot, and everyone immediately went into "oh my goodness lets help him land this fish mode"!
Because of these crazy Water Chestnuts fighing this fish would be very delicate operation.
Cade stayed up on the shooting deck as Tyler got down off of it to grab the line, and hopefully the fish when the time came. I handled the line to get it to Tyler. Capt. Bob manuvered the boat to do all he could do to help. Terry snapped pix...we all held our breath......
After a few very tense minutes, Tyler reached over the boat, barely keeping his balance because he was reaching out so far, and bear hugged Cade's big golden trophy!
The happiest kid in the world...
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more to come....