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First time Bowfishing for Carp

ADKMtnTrapper

ADKMtnTrapper

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I went out last week with a friend to shoot carp and night and MAN AM I HOOKED!!! :mrgreen:

Im ordering a rig for one of my bows and and in the works on building a platform and outrigger set for my canoe and im going to give it a shot!

Has anyone else been out, what are your thoughts?
 
Too many hobbies already and not enough time to do them all! :lol:
 
My favorite spring activity!! I got this one last week at my dad's place. We were sitting on his back porch and heard them thrashing in the shallows. I'm pretty sure I stopped mid-sentence to run grab the bow.
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I love bow fishing especially for red fish in the marsh. But we usually just stay close to home and shoot gar in the swamps. I have a light system on my boat and use to go all the time when I had a Gatortail motor. Hadn't been since I got an outboard.
 
Nice pics.

I shot some flounder, mullet and sheephead when I lived in FL. It was a lot of fun for sure.

That gator doesn't look like an 11 footer to me. I would have guessed 9. That was another fun critter to hunt. I'm happy to heading back south!
 
Lol, not sensitive at all here. The gator was 9'2". We draw tags somewhere every year, it's a blast.
 
Lovin all the pics im trying to rig my canoe for it so i can go whenever i want. I almost got the kinks worked out. Id like to get it done by this weekend!

Heres a few from my outing:

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redsquirrel said:
So what do you guys do with the carp?
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Here in Ga. we scale the carp first. Then nail it to a 2x4 and turn it slowly over an open fire for a bit. Then throw it in the trash and eat the 2x4
 
huck72412 said:
redsquirrel said:
So what do you guys do with the carp?
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Here in Ga. we scale the carp first. Then nail it to a 2x4 and turn it slowly over an open fire for a bit. Then throw it in the trash and eat the 2x4
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:lol: :lol: :lol: and that is why I asked!
 
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huck72412 said:
redsquirrel said:
So what do you guys do with the carp?
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Here in Ga. we scale the carp first. Then nail it to a 2x4 and turn it slowly over an open fire for a bit. Then throw it in the trash and eat the 2x4
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Sounds fishy to me.
I was reluctant to open this when I could see the first little bit about"slowly roasting".
I shoulda known you had more sense than to eat these.
Then again, I've also hard of people eating gar. I don't know why anyone would, but. .. to each his own I guess


We do have fun catching em though. They fight pretty good.
I really need to go bow fishing. Pretty sure I'd be hooked
 
Haha thats how we cook them up north too!

Im pretty sure they tell you not to eat them because they are nottom feeder and tend to have high levels of toxins in them.

I suggest if you plan on getting into it to buy the AMS PRO rig kit. It costs about 130 and its worth ever penny you get the reel, a rest and 2 arrows. Everything you need to get the ball rolling!

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