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Old 07-06-2008 | 11:02 AM
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Decided to hit Clinton for our IndependenceNight bowfishing.

The visibilty at Clinton is a little better. About 5-8" depending on where we were.

Carp where pretty much absent but there were buffs up in the ends of the coves. Not a ton of them, but enough to keep things interesting. They're doing the 'charging buff' thing. Sometimes they'll slam theboat other times they're going full bore away. They really move and it makes the shootinga ton of fun.

We ended up with 7 buffs, 2 quillbacks and 3 common carp.


first buff of the night


Kendall scores on a long buffalo


Big fish of the night.

We saw one really big buff but he was too fast for us.

We also had a muskrat ****** in one cove. He actually would come up so close to the boat that I could pet him with my arrow. At first he'd spin around and bite at the arrow but after awhile he just ignored it and continued to swim next to the pontoon. He even went between the pontoons at one point. Weird little critter.





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Old 07-06-2008 | 01:41 PM
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WOW! Nice shootin' guys. Those are some biguns.
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Old 07-06-2008 | 09:21 PM
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Nice fish!

I spent all weekend chasing pigs, bullfrogsand armadillos (yes, I was chasing armadillos)around South Texas. Unfortunately, we never found the time tohead afteralligator gar again, so I suppose now I have another reason to go back.
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Old 07-07-2008 | 03:28 AM
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Nice Buffies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 07-08-2008 | 06:48 AM
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Nice fish!

I spent all weekend chasing pigs, bullfrogsand armadillos (yes, I was chasing armadillos)around South Texas. Unfortunately, we never found the time tohead afteralligator gar again, so I suppose now I have another reason to go back.
Like you need another reason...
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Old 07-09-2008 | 11:34 AM
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Christine seems everywhere we go there are getting to be more and more muskrats i know its cause fur prices are down but they are getting wierd not acting scared at all....
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