Did I say corrupted?? I meant introduced.

We took out another bowfishing newbie last weekend. (another HuntingNet staffer no less... slowly but surely I will corrup....er... introduce them all to bowfishing.)

We hit the Kankakee River in Wilmington IL in the early am. We might have gotten there a bit sooner if our newbie 'Lucky' Lance hadn't gotten a speeding ticket on the way to our house. 48mph in a 40mph zone. (who gets a ticket for 8 over in IL???) Sheesh.

Anyhow, we knew that Lance was okay when we unfurled the Jolly Roger on the boat and he didn't bail. He didn't even seem too worried that our 18hp motor seemed to be missing at least 9 of it's horses.

Lance quickly learned the secret skill and technique of successful bowfishers...... otherwise known as....'Put a lot of arrows into the water'.

Lucky Lance with his first carp-ka-bob.


E.J.D. had hit the waters before sun-up and scored on several fish under the boat lights. He then picked up Banana-Bulzeye who apparently can't shoot straight with us pirates around. He walked the shore after we left and managed to redeem himself by landing two carp. (or so he says.... I say show me the pictures... )

The Carp Control boat ended the morning with 4 carp. Which wasn't too bad considering a cold front had pushed most of the fish deep. One person didn't boat a fish.... but we won't name names... right Jeremy?

Amazingly the motor managed to get us all the way back to the launch but I think we drowned two more ponies in the process. [:@]


Arrrrr!