new to bowfishing
12-24-2004, 03:31 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 22
new to bowfishing
I'm trying to get started bowfishing but I don't know what bow to use. I have a 65 lb compound that i deer hunt with and also a 35 lb recurve I shoot sometimes. I've been told either will do which one would you folks sugest. Any help would be appricated
12-24-2004, 04:03 PM
#2
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 114
RE: new to bowfishing
The recurve would work a little better I think. The heavy poundage of the compound will bury alot of arrows in the mud so deep you would pull your arm out getting them out. Heck...to start get a inexpensive hand wrap reel and once you get addicted to bowfishing [it will happen....] move up to a retreivor or spincast reel. Where you from? Someones always willing to take a new bowfisher out to try the sport!!
12-25-2004, 11:46 PM
#4
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Lititz, Pa.
Posts: 175
RE: new to bowfishing
drop on over here... there's probably someone local to you on board...
http://bowfishusa.com/index.php
http://bowfishusa.com/index.php
12-26-2004, 06:59 AM
#5
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 114
RE: new to bowfishing
A hand wrap is the old original style line "drum" that you would thread into a stabilizer hole. The line is just pulled in and wrapped around the drum, [about 4 in. diameter]. It has a notch that you clip the line into to keep it from falling off when not shooting. Yhey are a little slow to use, but are dependable and been around for years.
01-19-2005, 03:19 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Too close to Chicago
Posts: 3,337
RE: new to bowfishing
That hand-wound drum has a male threaded mounting post that screws into your stabilizer hole.
A retreiver or spincast reel can mount on the side of your bow in th eholes where you would mount a sight or quiver.
A spincast reel can also go on a short special fishing rod that goes in the stabilizer hole.
You DO need special fishing arrows. They will be heavy, stiff, full length, and made of fiberglass or aluminum-clad fiberglass. They will have a heavy point with some kind of barb on it to keep the fish from getting away once he's been skewered, and a hole or cable so that you can attach a line for pulling the arrow back.
The kit should be fine.
A retreiver or spincast reel can mount on the side of your bow in th eholes where you would mount a sight or quiver.
A spincast reel can also go on a short special fishing rod that goes in the stabilizer hole.
You DO need special fishing arrows. They will be heavy, stiff, full length, and made of fiberglass or aluminum-clad fiberglass. They will have a heavy point with some kind of barb on it to keep the fish from getting away once he's been skewered, and a hole or cable so that you can attach a line for pulling the arrow back.
The kit should be fine.
