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Sticking carp through the ice

fishuhalik

By fishuhalik
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DaMoose Enthusiast

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I have never intentionally went for carp, but I have speared a few on rivers. I have speared some in 5' of water over a thick weed bed. The others I have speared come on the main river drop between 7'-16', with the weeds coming out to the 7' mark.

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Gordie Grand Master

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Anyone know of someone who makes a good corn decoy? smile

why would you use a corn decoy when it leagle to use the real stuff. and I bet if you drive around farmland USA there is some still standing might be feed corn but thats all a carp needs feed laughlaughlaugh

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TylerS Mentor

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If you eat them, I would say go for it.

Heck, they're carp. If he throws them in the garbage or digs a hole a burrys em, I could care less.

Fishuhalik,

I've had friends who've done very well during the winter. I'm not sure their technique, however. But give it a try and let us know!

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I don't know if it is just the lakes I am on or I get lucky but I spear quite a few carp just swimming through the hole when I am out chasing northerns. Biggest I have gotten was 36lbs. Most are 5-10 but I normally get at least a couple shots everytime I go out it seems.

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merkman Grand Master

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yeah the president of the Land of lakes Bowfishing association has the same setup you guys do for spearing pike, but brings his bow and shoots rough fish instead! I think he is in less than 6 FOW...

I am not sure where he does this but I don't think it is legal in MN except maybe on a liberalized lake.

I could be wrong though?

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merkman Grand Master

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Bowfishing is legal until the season ends the last Sunday in February. What isn't legal is harvesting pike with the bow.

I have always been under the impression that it was not legal to discharge a bow inside a darkhouse.

Once again I could be wrong though?

I can check with the DNR to see what they say?

I know there have been others that have asked me I always thought it was illegal.

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merkman Grand Master

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Ok, I know for a fact you can bowfish until the season ends, but I don't know about inside a darkhouse, good idea to ask.

I am not too sure how else you would do it though?

Maybe some rivers would be open?

The confusion may have come from people wanting to bowfish for pike in a darkhouse?

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What I don't understand, is why wouldn't you be allowed to use a bow to spear pike in the winter, during season, if you follow the rules of a tethered line no longer that 20'. Which is the same rules that apply to a spandard spear.

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merkman Grand Master

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What I don't understand, is why wouldn't you be allowed to use a bow to spear pike in the winter, during season, if you follow the rules of a tethered line no longer that 20'. Which is the same rules that apply to a spandard spear.

With the current regs you can't use a bow to take game fish.

Other than that I don't know why?

That would be something that the bowfishing assn's to persue if they were interested in changing the law?

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