Who likes Bowfishing???

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

The reel that is on the bow is an 808 zebco. Basically an oversized spin cast fishing reel.

 

[bball09124 10+ year member]

Whats the strategy to find them, I see you don't have a trolling motor. I imagine it would be tough to come up on any without scaring them away first.

And do you eat any of those fish besides the bass? Mullet isn't too good IMO, neither is the catfish you catch in brackish water, and you can't eat mudfish or gar.

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

I like bowflexing.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Whats the strategy to find them, I see you don't have a trolling motor. I imagine it would be tough to come up on any without scaring them away first.
And do you eat any of those fish besides the bass? Mullet isn't too good IMO, neither is the catfish you catch in brackish water, and you can't eat mudfish or gar.

I like the taste of the catfish from brackish water. Mullet is great smoked also. Perch tastes awesome fried. the mudfish and gar you cant eat but its more of just to catch them.

As far as finding them goes......I will stand on the bow of the boat and my wife or someone else would be drivin. They fish at night are not to fast about taking off to hide. Well, the mullet are so it is more challenging to get them, and so are the perch. You basicall have to have the reflexes of a cat to shot perch lol. But the lights make them easy to see. You just have to be quick at it. Catfish are just sow moving and could care less that the boat is there. lol. Te motor does not really phase the fish. A lot of the bowfishes around use air boats and the fish dont care it seems like.

 

[TNTR70 10+ year member]

how many times do you lose the arrows because you forgot to release the reel so that it casts when you shoot

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

how many times do you lose the arrows because you forgot to release the reel so that it casts when you shoot

I dont lose too many because of that. I get more arrows lost because of the line getting knotted up and getting hung in the reel. Then it breaks it off. But during the day we would usually go swimming to get them. Its kind of nice when it is hot out. But at night I see way too many gators so if we lose one owell. I saw a gator there the other night that was about 12 feet long.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

catch and release? hmmm maybe not.

 

[Bender. 10+ year member]

yea i was confused about what he meant by it being expensive. I saw the reel but i though if you missed maybe you didnt get it back or something. I dont think its legal here, I never seen it done before

where do you live?

 

[PaulThompson229 10+ year member]

Thats a lot of contractors lights on your boat lol, I guess you gotta see the fish somehow.

Nice Gar, I caught one a couple years ago almost 3'.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Thats a lot of contractors lights on your boat lol, I guess you gotta see the fish somehow.

Nice Gar, I caught one a couple years ago almost 3'.

Yea I have a few lights. But it is still not enough. I need like five more.

 

[Arrowman400 10+ year member]

Impressive!

I have shot a bow and arrow all my life in competitions and have never gone bowfishing. I have a setup, but have never done it.

It looks like fun. I am going inshore fishing in June, and will take my bow and try to shoot some mullet then.

Brent

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

Impressive!
I have shot a bow and arrow all my life in competitions and have never gone bowfishing. I have a setup, but have never done it.

It looks like fun. I am going inshore fishing in June, and will take my bow and try to shoot some mullet then.

Brent

Trust me , its a blast. You jsut have to get used to aiming lower than your target because of how deep the fish are. Ya know what I mean? The water makes the fish look closer than it is. So dont aim at it, aim just under it.

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

bump

 

[supraman1379 10+ year member]

I am going out again tonight so I will have some new pics up tommorow

 

[Arrowman400 10+ year member]

That is what I have always heard to do, so I will give it a shot!

Thanks,

Brent