Hey Red, I bow fish too! In fact, I' m going out with My Dad this Saturday!
Just carp up here in IL, and even though I don' t eat ' em, there is ussually somebody nearby fishing for them that will gladly take whatever I get.
It' s funny. I ussually get more fish with the bow than they do with bait, and in about a third of the time!

I got a 15 pounder a few weeks ago when I went last.
My Dad got a 45 pounder up in Wisconsin back in the 1960' s.
He says it barely fit in his trunk. Can you imagine?!
I went out with him one day and everything was just right, we got 32 carp in 4 hours! and we were SHARING A BOW, swapping back and forth each time we got a fish or missed twice in a row. By the time we got the arrow reeled back in and reset, there was almost always another one close enough to shoot at.
What a day. I hope you have a day like that too. I' ll never forget mine.