bowfishing pic

[seabass]

well my truck started acting up on the way to the lake this morning so i couldn't take my canoe and go for the really big ones.i did run down to the river to wade a little.there wasn't much action because i got down there late because of the truck problem.however i did manage to stick one.thanks for looking.

[bowtarist]

Nice one seabass.  Wish we coulda hooked up @ friendship last weekend, I was ther too. Nice fish.  Cut it in chunks, freeze it and this fall put it into your garden as fertilizer.  Or...what do you do w/ them?  dpg

[seabass]

i use them for catfish bait.sometimes when i get too many,i feed the coons at night.i filleted this one and froze them.i wish i could have met up with you too.Clint was also there.i didn't see him either.

[criveraville]

That's a nice one Is it a grass carp?

Cipriano

[seabass]

no Cipriano,it is a comman asian carp.we also have a big scale carp.i think they are in the mirror carp family.the grass carp here are mainly in ponds and lakes.this one i shot in the river by my house.

[osage outlaw]

Nice fish! 

Sorry we couldn't meet up last weekend.

[seabass]

i wish we could have met too Clint.there was four of us primitive archers there at the same time and probably walked right past each other.i live very close to you.i went through your town to get there.

[YosemiteBen]

when I was young, black folk in the poorer part of town used to but carp for fisher folk. My cousin used to catch them on rod and reel up to five feet in length. Pressure cookers do wonders! Up where my dad lives you can expect to find carp at least five feet regularly.

[seabass]

Ben,there is some very large carp in the lake i go to.some in the 20 to 30 pound range.my truck was down so i had to resort to wading the river by my house.the river has big ones also,but the stay out in deeper water.

[H Rhodes]

Nice one Seabass!  I got to get on these carp around here.  We have a couple of small lakes around here that are infested with them.  Bowfishing is danged near as much fun as hunting!

[PEARL DRUMS]

Nice shootin' tex!

[seabass]

thanks Chris,i was there five minutes when this one swam by.then it went dead on me.Howard,you need to shoot some carp.they fight harder that anything.if i can get my truck straightened out,i'll go out for the big ones.she won't let me put the canoe on top of her car.can you believe that.

[H Rhodes]

     I intend to try shooting some carp before the week is out.  The rain is gone,  and the river is clearing,  and I am off on Wed/thurs,  so i am going after them!  
     I know how it goes....  I am not allowed to go anywhere near my wife's car with any of my "bow %^#!"  It is probably just as well....  she loves her little red camry...  named it "Miss Scarlet".  If she found a rattlesnake skin, fish scales,  otter pelts,  blood from anything, or marsh mud tracks on the floorboard, I might be in divorce court or a hospital! I have to stay in my truck with all that. 
     Seabass, what kind of line do you prefer?  Are there cheaper kinds of cordage to buy,  that will work, besides the little fifty foot spools that I got from everybody's favorite archery supply place? When you tie a piece of line to an arrrow in a fifty pound bow, you really want that stuff to unspool like it's supposed to.  I see how someone could really hurt themselves if there was a tangled line during the shot! 

[Brother Dan]

nice shootin, Steve, you should keep the skins for a bow. I was at Friendship Friday and Saturday.  BDan

[seabass]

hey Dan,i was at friendship only sunday.Howard,try looking at brickmason string at building supply houses.i use to use that stuff with good results.the stuff i am using now came with my retreiver reel.the last stuff i got was muzzy bowfishing line.it worked really well but was pricey.always check the condition of your line.if it is frayed at all,cut and retie.plus get you some safty slides for your arrow.those slides have saved my bacon too many times not to use them.they are a good investment.good luck on those carp brother.