Learn the Bowfishing Basics
 

http://www.huntingnet.com/articles/article_detail.aspx?articles_id=504

Good info for those interested in learning the basics of bowfishing.

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Hopefully she doesn't mind me replying to this but I checked the site out. Its a good read. I have yet to try bowfishin but I am going to soon once i get a bow. Good callBFG :)

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what would be better for bowfishing, a long bow or compund bow?

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Definetly a longbow.

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If you mean a long longbow (like 66" long) then I'd say a compound is better. Hard to wade with a long bow and it would get in the way on a boat.Another issue is trying toput accessories on a longbow.Some are notdesignedwith that in mind.

I suggest a shorter recurve or an old compound.

My .02 cents. :)

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O.K!! So i want to setup a bow to fish with, I have an old high country safari, it's a 60# bow.I'm going to buy a new bow for my regular hunting..Is that too much bow for this sport or not?

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60 lb woulld be a lot for me and definately much more than needed. You can sometimes take 100 shots a day and a heavy bow will just wear you out. I do most of my fishing with a 45 lb Bear Grizzly recurve and rarely feel underbowed. 55 lb would be the max I can see wanting.

I like a recurve in the 52-60 inch range, but many prefer compounds or Oniedas. As for reels, the bottle style AMS Retreiver or a big pushbutton are worlds ahead of the older drum style reels. Both have their ads and disads and strong supporters. I shoot both. The PB is faster, but nothing shoots as nice as a Retreiver.

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Thanks for the reply, been doing some checking on this and thats the common reply that i get, so thanks so much for the info!!!!

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This sport has seemed to take off I am excited to try it.

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hey am new to forum
I am from bayfield, ont Can.
I am looking for someone who could take us out for asian carp, which are the jumping fish?
I am about 10 hours from illinois
Cheers
Dave

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3 Rivers carries wraps for the longbow that will allow you to attach an AMS reel right to it. I use my longbow all the time for bowfishing and it's fast and light. Only problem is you can't put a fish hook rest on it so you gotta be careful when you swing fast. I even have another wrap on it so I can attach a hawglight to the front as well. The rubber straps wrap right around the limb and hold the accessory threads right to the bow without damaging it. You can take it on and off whenever you want.

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Does anybody else seem to have a problem withcarp spooking. I've seen videos where people stand up and quickly draw their bows back when the fish are onlya couple feet away, yet when I have carp come in, I draw my bow back slowly, like when I'm deer hunting, and they still seem to see me and take off. Is there something that I'm doing wrong, or is it just the fish being easy to spook.

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what do you do if the fish you shoot isnt big enough to keep?

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Same thing that most people do will all of their carp. Use them for fertilizer. If you really don't want to waste a carp, you will be able to tell that its small when its swimming by you.

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I don't know a heck of a lot about Bow hunting at all but after reading the above article I must say my interest has been piqued with regards to Bow fishing. That is definitely some thing I am going to check out, how does this work as far as fishing regulations go? I'm guessing it just depends on the location you are at.

All this sounds great!

Some great bowfishing advice in this thread. Thanks for posting!
Nebraska huntinG Jesses HuntinG
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:party: Hi am Lilly,
What ever you gave that information about bowfishing is very useful to know about fishing. Thank you so much for that.
Am very glad to visit this site.
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What line would you guys recommend for common carp

I don't know much about bowhunting, but I have to admit that my interest in bowfishing has peaked after reading the article above. What are the fishing laws? This is definitely something I will investigate. I guess it depends where you are.