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I am going to try to get into it this summer. Always sounded fun. I have some friends who have a gutted pontoon that they are tricking out with dual shooting platforms, a bunch of halogens, a couple generators, and about 4 huge trash cans:D So all I need is a reel and an arrow.:D

Can't wait, should be fun.

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I have bow fished for serval years. It is a blast, THe site up is not expensive you can get a real and arrow kit for like 20 bucks, tips aren't to pricey but can get up if you get the really good ones. As for me i wouldn't spend a lot of money on it, the cheap stuff works \just as good. The most expensive part is getting lights and batteries, we cruise around at night in a row boat in the shallows at night time and blast away at the big crap feeding. Biggest i shot was 35 lbs. Its a blast.

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I've been bowfishing over 20 years. I LOVE IT!!!
I've always done it from the shore during daylight though, never from a boat or at night.

Keep it simple, and inexpensive. You'll lose arrows to logs and rocks.
Always carry at least one spare arrow, and you'll want polarized glasses too.

Use an arrow that has a cable slide or a safety slide from AMS to prevent 'arrow snapback'.
If the line attaches to the rear of the arrow, it can get tangled in your bowstring or rest,
and it can fling the arrow right back at your face.

If you don't plan on eating them, check your state fishing laws. In IL, we can leave them on the bank to be eaten by scavengers, but it's illegal to let a dead or dying fish get back into the water system.


This is the biggest one I got last year, about 15 pounds....