Bowfishing

[hardwaterfishing]

How has everybody been doing so far this seasone?? I went out tonight and got my first mirror carp.

[mncarphntr]

Those things are weird, only shot a couple myself. If they weren't so ugly they'd be worth mounting! Only been out a couple times so far, now sounds like another cold, windy week. Hopefully will get out this weekend to squeeze in between the anglers.

[stroker1]

was out all day saturday and only shot three.

[stretch]

i went out tuesday and shot 15 carp and 1 big old dog fish. the biggest carp weighted in at 35lbs. not too bad. it is still slow but if the water would warm up a bit it should get better.

[Kurt Paulsen]

What do you do with dogfish when you get them? I have a few recipes for them I have found, curious if you ever ate them?

[stretch]

all i did was burried half of them in my mom's garden for fertlizer and gave the rest to a pig farmer. no i have never eaten one of those dirty fish.

[big musk411]

I have heard that dogfish isn't very good eating. About 7-8 years ago, I was the fishing camp counselor for the YMCA. We used to catch alot of dogfish. I am not a big fish eater, but I was curious about the dogfish. One day I started telling the kids that they were the best eating fish, even better than walleye. I filleted a couple and cooked them over the camp fire in tin foil for the kids to test. Long story short, they said it tasted good but didn't eat very much.

Matt T

[mylineswet]

Went out last Saturday for the first time and did not do very well. My shooting was bad. I do have a question though. Where would I begin searching for a bow set-up? I think I would like a recurve bow that is inexpensive to try this sport for a season and see if I am hooked for life or not. Thanks for all replies.

[mnheadshot]

Go on hsolist and pick up an inexpensive compound. You can find them pretty regularly for about 50 bucks. Then you'll probably have to pay new price to get a retriever reel and arrow(s). You'll be sick of the recurve by the end of a long day of shooting.

[stretch]

it all depends where you go and shoot carp. if you are in a small stream/creek then i would use a recurve. but if you many bow fish in a lake or big river then i would use a compound. i use a recurve all the time and i have shot some big dump. i just would just check out some garage sales or go to a flea market. i bet you could pick up a nice recuve fairly cheep. that's what i did picked up a recurve from the flea market for 5 bucks and a reel for another 5 bucks and it all works great.

[poutpro]

Check pawn shops they have all sorts of old bows for around $30. I would suggest getting the AMS real though, it's a lot safer.

[mylineswet]

Is the AMS reel is the one that the line spools in a bottle looking container? That is what I want for safety reasons.

Thanks

[!wall-i-king]

Yeah that is the one. I bought my bow at a pawn shop last year and have had some fun with it and didn't break the bank to get it as it was only $20. Hope that you can get rigged up and have some luck.