Hey bow fishermen...

[catman529]

Question or two for the bowfishermen here....

1) What's the farthest you'd shoot with 50-60 pounds?

2) Those who have posted pics of big grass carp... name the lake or river. Even if it's in E. TN, I would like to know where the big grassies can be found.

Oh and a side note, I still want to save carp for rod and reel, but I would be happy thinning out some of the buffalo here. They are fun to catch but don't fight hard at all, and there are a lot of them, more than the carp I think.

 

[stik]

1) i think i only have about 30 ft. of line so no farther than that
2) watts bar and melton hill

 

[Mossy Oak]

1) I shoot 40 pounds and keep all my shots around 20 ft. 60 pounds is a lot to be bowfishing with around here. With that much weight, you will spend a majority of your time trying to get your arrow unstuck from the mud and roots.

2) We don't get many grass carp but we have killed a few around Cumberland City off the Cumberland River.

 

[spitndrum]

My bow is set to 50 lbs thats the less it has, you don't really need that

I have only killed 1 grassie and it was outa my pas pond lol, that 54lber was from watts bar but 3 years after that pic we have never found anymore?

 

[catman529]

My bow is set to 50 lbs thats the less it has, you don't really need that

I have only killed 1 grassie and it was outa my pas pond lol, that 54lber was from watts bar but 3 years after that pic we have never found anymore?

I don't see alot of grass carp except in stocked ponds... I wonder how many old fashioned (normal) grass carp are out there in TN waters, and I also wonder why they developed technology to breed sterile grass carp, when they don't seem to be half as invasive as common carp. Why go to such lengths to keep grassies sterile when rivers and lakes are being overrun with commons (which I love to catch) and even worse, silver and bighead carp?

 

[rukiddin]

1) I shoot 40 pounds and keep all my shots around 20 ft. 60 pounds is a lot to be bowfishing with around here. With that much weight, you will spend a majority of your time trying to get your arrow unstuck from the mud and roots.

Agreed. Plus just the nature of bowfishing, if your shooting 60lbs, you will be worn out. There have been nights where I shot over 300 times.

I don't really see weight as an issue for grassies. Unless you brain the fish on the first shot, someone putting a second arrow in it is always the best bet!

 

[catman529]

My bow is probably around 50 pounds. I'm gonna use my fish scale and see if I can get some kind of reading on the pull weight before the letoff kicks in. It was at least 60 when I got it, but I turned it down so I can practice and build strength before shooting heavier weights.

Maybe I need to get a good piece of wood and whittle a longbow for bowfishing...

 

[Football Hunter]

OH is full of them things,easy pickings

 

[stik]

OH is full of them things,easy pickings

interesting. long drive but interesting.

 

[catman529]

OH is full of them things,easy pickings

common or grass carp? I know there are a lot of commons and buffs there... tons below the dam even, they wouldn't stop jumping at dusk when I was catfishing there last week.

 

[Football Hunter]

OH is full of them things,easy pickings

common or grass carp? I know there are a lot of commons and buffs there... tons below the dam even, they wouldn't stop jumping at dusk when I was catfishing there last week.

carp,never felt the need to learn the difference,but 3 footers I see all the time,whatever they are

 

[catman529]

OH is full of them things,easy pickings

common or grass carp? I know there are a lot of commons and buffs there... tons below the dam even, they wouldn't stop jumping at dusk when I was catfishing there last week.

carp,never felt the need to learn the difference,but 3 footers I see all the time,whatever they are

commons look more brown or gold with orange fins and grass are more silver and gray. Doesn't matter though, I'm sure there are plenty to go around, 3 foot is average for a grass carp but pretty good for a common around here...

 

[showmehorns]

My Hydrostryke is set at 32 pounds and I've had less than a foot of line on my reel after LOTS of killing shots.