im not from michigan im from indiana but lake michigan is about a hour and half a way we g there to bowfish but mostly to catch shad for catfish tounaments and i have a mission menace to set 42lbs @23" and nice fishin
Do you have any (recurve) bow suggestions for a bow fishing beginner? I shoot recurve and REALLY want to go bow fishing! I love fishing and I love shooting so them together sounds AWESOME!!!
@RHskater8622 Honestly, any ol' recurve will get the job done, so long as (and this is a big one) there is a way to attach a bowfishing reel to the bow. This means it will either need to have a stabilizer threaded hole in the front of the riser, or the standard two threaded holes in the side of the riser where sights are typically installed. I personally like the old Bear Grizzly recurve. You can pick them up everyday on eBay. Just make sure it has the stabilizer hole!!
@33melonpaws77 I personally never eat them. I know some people do, and seem to enjoy it, but for me it's just all about ridding the lake of these non-native evasive fish, and providing food and cover for the fish species that I do eat.
is it ture that you should AIM LOWER THAN the fish when you shoot them and im shootinga mission menace matthews 42 pounds at 23 inches plan on bowfishing on lake michigan right next to the casino or boat on the rocks wheree ill be shooting them plz reply. (:
@pbldhdeerhunting Glad to hear someone else getting into bowfishing. Especially around the great lakes. It is true, you generally need to aim lower than the fish appears to your eye. Actually how low you need to hold depends on depth of the fish and the distance to the fish. I find that most of the time, I'm aiming 3-6" below where I want to hit. If a fish is right near the top of the water and fairly close, you can aim directly at the fish. However, 9 times out of 10 you are aiming under it
@thesportsman01 Absolutely not. There really is no upper limit. It's just a matter of how much you can comfortably draw relatively quickly (as some of your shots will have to be quick) and repeatedly all day long. It's not uncommon to shoot 50+ times during an outing, and that can be hard on the ol' shoulders if you have more weight that you can comfortably draw back.
@Bowfishingdude i have a wheel and a cam on my bow, so once i get it back it stays back until i let go, and another question, do i have to have the Wave arrow rest?
@thesportsman01 Nope. You can get by with other rests, however, whatever rest you use needs to be stout. The bowfishing arrow is solid fiberglass and therefore weights several times more than a standard arrow, and therefore most bowhunting rests will not support the weight. I personally prefer the "fish biscuit", made by CAP, the same people that make the whisker biscuit arrow rest. I personally have never tried the wave, but it looks like it would work great.
@thesportsman01 Give it a try. I used a regular whisker rest for a while and it worked just fine. The only reason I went to the fish biscuit was that the bowfishing arrow was so hard on the "whiskers" because it had to pull the safety stop through the rest and it tore up the whiskers really badly. When I bought a new insert I bought the fish biscuit and it seems to be holding up better. However, if you already have the WB, use it to make sure that's what you want to use.
@bigwok96 You mean the true recurve? That's a Bear Grizzly Recurve. Type "Bear Grizzly Recurve" into eBay's search field and there you go. I think I gave ~$150 for that one. It's a sweet shooting bow. Plus, it's one of the few vintage recurves that has the stabilizer hole that allows you to thread the reel into the riser. The other bows you see in this video are Oneida hybrids. Screaming Eagles to be exact.
@santoni1000 Because we are try to rid the lake of them, or rather, slow down their take over of the lake, we hit them with a bat, then leave them on the bank of an remote cove and let the vultures, bears, raccoons, and snapping turtles eat them. The biggest pile I've left in one place was 16, and 24 hours later there were only 2 left.... Watch Part 2 of this video to see first hand "what happens after we catch them", enjoy!
@santoni1000 These carp were not purposefully stocked in the lake. They are an invasive species that are destroying the lake for all of the other fish, specifically the game fish. Once we boat the fish we dispatch of them with a mini baseball bat, then dispose of them on either the bank, or let them sink to the bottom of the lake. Typically the buzzards, raccoons, and snapping turtles make very short work of them!
thats so wiered i bought an ondeida ealge last night and i was like im gonna set it up for bow fishing so this morning i went and bought a bow fishing kit and i go on hear 2 lurn how 2 bow fish and i click on this vid and u guys have the same bow and kit i just bought talk about wiered shit
@ddt121695 The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
@ExcitedEric81 The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
How about with a 35 pound recurve for someone who's just a shore walker without a boat? Just curious as to how far away I should be if I have neither a boat, nor a bow with at least 50 pounds. Got a 50 pound longbow though, but I don't know what kind of reels should be used for a Bear Montana longbow.
Where abouts, relative to the fish (depending on depth) do you want to place a shot? Say.. a few inches below the fish to allow for the arrow to "swoop"?
@StealthFalco That's exactly right, it all depends on depth. I find that most of the time, I'm aiming 3-6" below where I want to hit. I shoot instinct, so I just throw the bow up, like I'm going to shoot directly at the fish, then I drop the bow and hold at a point lower than what feels "natural". Typically I hit a dry spell every now and miss a ton of fish. I find to break the slump the best thing is to try and shoot UNDER the next 4 fish I see. Usually, I hit the next one I shoot at....
@StealthFalco First, that is an excellent bow. Great recurve. However, as you've already figured out, putting a bowfishing reel on it will be tough. Bow fishing reels either screw into the stabilizer hole, which I don't think the X-200 has, or on the riser where sights would attach for a compound, again, which the X-200 does not have. (I don't think.) I do not have experience attaching a reel to a bow like this, sorry! You might need to do a search on the internet and bowfishing forums.
@HakujinSamurai The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
@bigbomber2007 Because we are try to rid the lake of them, or rather, slow down their take over of the lake, we hit them with a bat, then leave them on the bank of an remote cove and let the vultures, bears, raccoons, and snapping turtles eat them. The biggest pile I've left in one place was 16, and 24 hours later there were only 2 left.... Watch Part 2 of this video to see first hand "what happens after we catch them", enjoy!
@teamsasairsoftmo It's an old 80s model Oneida Screaming Eagle. They still manufacture these bows, albeit they are much nicer and much more modern. However, these bows were good back then, and they are still good today. You can find them on eBay all the time. They are so popular among bowfishermen that sometimes they go for more now on eBay than they did new in the 80s.
I'm gonna go bowfishing in about a month and just bought one of those reels you guys are using. Do i need to have some slack off the reel before i release the arrow? and about how much ? awesome vid by the way
@Saiga223TAC You actually don't want any slack in the line before you shoot. That slack can get tangled on your sights, hand, rest, reel, anything, and if it does SNAP, here comes the arrow right back at you. You want as little line as possible spooled out between your reel and the arrow. The reel will release the line, no problem, trust the reel. Whatever you do, don't give the line a chance of getting caught on something before it's released! Good luck!
@youtub77777771 ok.... lol I call it a good day and a great feeling of actually accomplishing something by removing a destructive species from our waterways . You want to see massacre you should see a lake after the wildlife recourse officers poison the entire thing trying to get rid of the carp. One or the other, pick.
@Goingpostal1000 sorry but I never thought that the carp was a destructive fish, I am a carp fisher and I have never seen in my life some damage caused by armless carp
@youtub77777771 haha, you dont know what your looking for then. They root though the breeding grounds destroying they spawning of other NATIVE (in the US) fish, they also destroy the plants that live along the bottom which gives smaller fry a place to hide. They are very destructive in the US (where they are not native) So unless you fish for them under the water and had before and after pictures, of course you wouldn't see any damage. Maybe you should do some research.
@youtub77777771 Not to mention that since they are non native and have very little competition here they breed in incredible numbers. To the point that they are everywhere in some lakes, you almost feel like you could walk across the lake on there backs.
@youtub77777771 Watch this one... watch?v=D6u7r0dbw1I (Put that after youtube(dot) come then the / This is a small example of the millions and millions of dollars the federal and state governments are spending on controlling carp.
It's actually illegal for any fish other than "rough" fish as defined by your states natural resource department and/or game and fisheries department. "Rough" fish are typically Carp, Gar, Suckerfish, and sometimes Drum and Tilapia. Bowfishing for sharks and rays is also legal in some places, and looks to be quite fun!! Consult your state's laws about where and what to bowfish. In Virginia, you'll get thrown under the jail for shooting a bass, lol.
@chacorocks Thanks for the update Chaco, I had no idea it was legal to shoot game fish in some parts of the country. You learn something everyday! Thanks!
@CMxProDuctionsTBA : The bows I prefer to use are Oneida Screaming Eagles. I also hunt/fish with an old Clearwater PowerMag, an Oneida Tomcat, and a Bear Grizzly recurve. Really you can use any bow that A) fits you, B) is stout enough to push an arrow through a couple feet of water and then into a fish, and C) you don't mind parting with if you drop it over the side of the boat! You can hunt around on eBay, at bow shops, online, and on craigslist for the older style Oneida bows. Good luck!!
ive been shoting for a number of years im 15 now and im archry hunting this year and loving all the varites of things i can shoot. i would love to get into bow fishing. what kind of bows are they? and what would i need? and can you only shoot carp or can you shoot pike and gar? please get back to me and great video btw.
@12motocrosser : Great to hear you so into archery. It's a great sport. You can really use any bow of your choice. However, I perfer Oneida Screaming Eagles. They were a bow made in the 80's. You can still find them if you look. All you need are a bow, the required license in your state, and a bowfishing kit (arrow, string, reel). You can pick one up online, at Gander Mountain/Cabelas/Bass Pro Shops. Check your state laws, but typically you can only shoot rough fish: gar, carp, drum, etc
I've finally got Part 2 up. I had to remove a couple songs, and it totally changed the "flow", but the footage is all there, and that's the important part!
Funny you should ask. I'm trying a AMS retriever reel this year. Prior to that I've only used the open face reel one you see in the vids. And even with those I've preferred the fixed ones as opposed to the ones that "crank". The reason being that the open faced style doesn't provide any "drag" and so if a fish runs it can easily pull the arrow out. With hand reeling you can "feel" what the fish is doing and know when to just pull him in and when to let him run. Not sure about AMS reel yet.
im not from michigan im from indiana but lake michigan is about a hour and half a way we g there to bowfish but mostly to catch shad for catfish tounaments and i have a mission menace to set 42lbs @23" and nice fishin
pbldhdeerhunting 6 days ago
Do you have any (recurve) bow suggestions for a bow fishing beginner? I shoot recurve and REALLY want to go bow fishing! I love fishing and I love shooting so them together sounds AWESOME!!!
RHskater8622 1 week ago
@RHskater8622 Honestly, any ol' recurve will get the job done, so long as (and this is a big one) there is a way to attach a bowfishing reel to the bow. This means it will either need to have a stabilizer threaded hole in the front of the riser, or the standard two threaded holes in the side of the riser where sights are typically installed. I personally like the old Bear Grizzly recurve. You can pick them up everyday on eBay. Just make sure it has the stabilizer hole!!
Bowfishingdude 1 week ago
@Bowfishingdude Ok! Thank you!!!! :)
RHskater8622 1 week ago
when you get the fish do you always eat them or throw them back to die?
33melonpaws77 2 weeks ago
@33melonpaws77 I personally never eat them. I know some people do, and seem to enjoy it, but for me it's just all about ridding the lake of these non-native evasive fish, and providing food and cover for the fish species that I do eat.
Bowfishingdude 1 week ago
@Bowfishingdude Thank you for filling me in. ^_^
33melonpaws77 1 week ago
is it ture that you should AIM LOWER THAN the fish when you shoot them and im shootinga mission menace matthews 42 pounds at 23 inches plan on bowfishing on lake michigan right next to the casino or boat on the rocks wheree ill be shooting them plz reply. (:
pbldhdeerhunting 2 weeks ago
@pbldhdeerhunting Glad to hear someone else getting into bowfishing. Especially around the great lakes. It is true, you generally need to aim lower than the fish appears to your eye. Actually how low you need to hold depends on depth of the fish and the distance to the fish. I find that most of the time, I'm aiming 3-6" below where I want to hit. If a fish is right near the top of the water and fairly close, you can aim directly at the fish. However, 9 times out of 10 you are aiming under it
Bowfishingdude 2 weeks ago
@pbldhdeerhunting im also from michigan and shot afew carp this year with my mission menace keep up the good work:)
MathewsHunter117 1 week ago
i have a 60 pound bow i plan to use for bow fishing, is that too much?
thesportsman01 1 month ago
@thesportsman01 Absolutely not. There really is no upper limit. It's just a matter of how much you can comfortably draw relatively quickly (as some of your shots will have to be quick) and repeatedly all day long. It's not uncommon to shoot 50+ times during an outing, and that can be hard on the ol' shoulders if you have more weight that you can comfortably draw back.
Bowfishingdude 1 month ago
@Bowfishingdude i have a wheel and a cam on my bow, so once i get it back it stays back until i let go, and another question, do i have to have the Wave arrow rest?
thesportsman01 1 month ago
@thesportsman01 Nope. You can get by with other rests, however, whatever rest you use needs to be stout. The bowfishing arrow is solid fiberglass and therefore weights several times more than a standard arrow, and therefore most bowhunting rests will not support the weight. I personally prefer the "fish biscuit", made by CAP, the same people that make the whisker biscuit arrow rest. I personally have never tried the wave, but it looks like it would work great.
Bowfishingdude 1 month ago
@Bowfishingdude i have the whisker rest
thesportsman01 1 month ago
@thesportsman01 Give it a try. I used a regular whisker rest for a while and it worked just fine. The only reason I went to the fish biscuit was that the bowfishing arrow was so hard on the "whiskers" because it had to pull the safety stop through the rest and it tore up the whiskers really badly. When I bought a new insert I bought the fish biscuit and it seems to be holding up better. However, if you already have the WB, use it to make sure that's what you want to use.
Bowfishingdude 1 month ago
@Bowfishingdude ok thanks for the help man, ill be sure to be posting videos up soon so please subscribe to my channel and ill return the favor
thesportsman01 1 month ago
What!...No Cammo! I ain't interested.
Just kidding. Thanks for posting.
TheMojavegreen1 3 months ago
yeah icky thumb
mentalRCburnouts 5 months ago
thats a nice recurve what is the name and how much did it run you?
bigwok96 5 months ago
@bigwok96 You mean the true recurve? That's a Bear Grizzly Recurve. Type "Bear Grizzly Recurve" into eBay's search field and there you go. I think I gave ~$150 for that one. It's a sweet shooting bow. Plus, it's one of the few vintage recurves that has the stabilizer hole that allows you to thread the reel into the riser. The other bows you see in this video are Oneida hybrids. Screaming Eagles to be exact.
Bowfishingdude 5 months ago
Hello, I am Brazilian and was watching your videos and found a very interesting fishing. I wonder what you do with all those fish you fish?
And these carp, is a creation or ponds?
Thank you .....
santoni1000 6 months ago
@santoni1000 Because we are try to rid the lake of them, or rather, slow down their take over of the lake, we hit them with a bat, then leave them on the bank of an remote cove and let the vultures, bears, raccoons, and snapping turtles eat them. The biggest pile I've left in one place was 16, and 24 hours later there were only 2 left.... Watch Part 2 of this video to see first hand "what happens after we catch them", enjoy!
Bowfishingdude 6 months ago
@santoni1000 These carp were not purposefully stocked in the lake. They are an invasive species that are destroying the lake for all of the other fish, specifically the game fish. Once we boat the fish we dispatch of them with a mini baseball bat, then dispose of them on either the bank, or let them sink to the bottom of the lake. Typically the buzzards, raccoons, and snapping turtles make very short work of them!
Bowfishingdude 5 months ago
thats so wiered i bought an ondeida ealge last night and i was like im gonna set it up for bow fishing so this morning i went and bought a bow fishing kit and i go on hear 2 lurn how 2 bow fish and i click on this vid and u guys have the same bow and kit i just bought talk about wiered shit
soggytoast89 6 months ago
i want the first song as my theme song (to be played loudly whenever i am bowfishing)
SouLShakeRProdX 7 months ago
what pound is your bow
ddt121695 7 months ago
@ddt121695 The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
Bowfishingdude 7 months ago
Hope that one day u will shoot the big mama of the fishes and than u will fall in the water!
iDaywalker 8 months ago
The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
Bowfishingdude 8 months ago
what is you draw weight? because im getting into bowfishing now.
ExcitedEric81 8 months ago
@ExcitedEric81 The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
Bowfishingdude 8 months ago
@Bowfishingdude
How about with a 35 pound recurve for someone who's just a shore walker without a boat? Just curious as to how far away I should be if I have neither a boat, nor a bow with at least 50 pounds. Got a 50 pound longbow though, but I don't know what kind of reels should be used for a Bear Montana longbow.
impeachbush86 6 months ago
Step 1: Be a bad ass.
Just1Spark 8 months ago
@Just1Spark Hahahahahahahahaha!! I'll have to add that to my next movie.
Bowfishingdude 8 months ago
Where abouts, relative to the fish (depending on depth) do you want to place a shot? Say.. a few inches below the fish to allow for the arrow to "swoop"?
StealthFalco 9 months ago
@StealthFalco That's exactly right, it all depends on depth. I find that most of the time, I'm aiming 3-6" below where I want to hit. I shoot instinct, so I just throw the bow up, like I'm going to shoot directly at the fish, then I drop the bow and hold at a point lower than what feels "natural". Typically I hit a dry spell every now and miss a ton of fish. I find to break the slump the best thing is to try and shoot UNDER the next 4 fish I see. Usually, I hit the next one I shoot at....
Bowfishingdude 9 months ago
@Bowfishingdude Thanks for the quick reply! Have any idea how i can try this out with a Martin X-200? How would i go about the reel etc.
StealthFalco 9 months ago
@StealthFalco First, that is an excellent bow. Great recurve. However, as you've already figured out, putting a bowfishing reel on it will be tough. Bow fishing reels either screw into the stabilizer hole, which I don't think the X-200 has, or on the riser where sights would attach for a compound, again, which the X-200 does not have. (I don't think.) I do not have experience attaching a reel to a bow like this, sorry! You might need to do a search on the internet and bowfishing forums.
Bowfishingdude 9 months ago
@Bowfishingdude Ah well, ill figure something out. Maybe put the reel on a kneepad or something haha! And thanks again! I love my x-200 too :)
StealthFalco 9 months ago
@HakujinSamurai The poundage of the bow required it directly proportional to the distance and the depth of the shot to be taken. Since most of my shots are in open water on sunny days and when the water is very clear (the fish can easily see me) I want to be able to shot fairly far, and fairly deep. Therefore, I think the minimum should be ~50lbs. My recurve is ~50 and my compounds are is 60-70. However, if your shots are close and shallow, I would say you could get by with 40lbs easy.
Bowfishingdude 9 months ago
What do you do with them after you catch them?
bigbomber2007 10 months ago
@bigbomber2007 Because we are try to rid the lake of them, or rather, slow down their take over of the lake, we hit them with a bat, then leave them on the bank of an remote cove and let the vultures, bears, raccoons, and snapping turtles eat them. The biggest pile I've left in one place was 16, and 24 hours later there were only 2 left.... Watch Part 2 of this video to see first hand "what happens after we catch them", enjoy!
Bowfishingdude 10 months ago
@Bowfishingdude Ahh sweet, I would love to do this.
bigbomber2007 10 months ago
what type of bow are you guyes using
teamsasairsoftmo 10 months ago
@teamsasairsoftmo It's an old 80s model Oneida Screaming Eagle. They still manufacture these bows, albeit they are much nicer and much more modern. However, these bows were good back then, and they are still good today. You can find them on eBay all the time. They are so popular among bowfishermen that sometimes they go for more now on eBay than they did new in the 80s.
Bowfishingdude 10 months ago
I'm gonna go bowfishing in about a month and just bought one of those reels you guys are using. Do i need to have some slack off the reel before i release the arrow? and about how much ? awesome vid by the way
Saiga223TAC 10 months ago
@Saiga223TAC You actually don't want any slack in the line before you shoot. That slack can get tangled on your sights, hand, rest, reel, anything, and if it does SNAP, here comes the arrow right back at you. You want as little line as possible spooled out between your reel and the arrow. The reel will release the line, no problem, trust the reel. Whatever you do, don't give the line a chance of getting caught on something before it's released! Good luck!
Bowfishingdude 10 months ago
we have a bleeder 6:39
LAZERSHOT100 10 months ago
gonna cry, you call it fishing...
youtub77777771 11 months ago
@youtub77777771 Ok, have fun. Come back when you read up on the damage caused by invasive species.
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
@youtub77777771 "fish·ing (fshng)
n.
1. The act, occupation, or sport of catching fish.
2. A place for catching fish."
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
@Goingpostal1000 i call it massacre
youtub77777771 11 months ago
@youtub77777771 ok.... lol I call it a good day and a great feeling of actually accomplishing something by removing a destructive species from our waterways . You want to see massacre you should see a lake after the wildlife recourse officers poison the entire thing trying to get rid of the carp. One or the other, pick.
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
@Goingpostal1000 sorry but I never thought that the carp was a destructive fish, I am a carp fisher and I have never seen in my life some damage caused by armless carp
youtub77777771 11 months ago
@youtub77777771 haha, you dont know what your looking for then. They root though the breeding grounds destroying they spawning of other NATIVE (in the US) fish, they also destroy the plants that live along the bottom which gives smaller fry a place to hide. They are very destructive in the US (where they are not native) So unless you fish for them under the water and had before and after pictures, of course you wouldn't see any damage. Maybe you should do some research.
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
@youtub77777771 Not to mention that since they are non native and have very little competition here they breed in incredible numbers. To the point that they are everywhere in some lakes, you almost feel like you could walk across the lake on there backs.
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
@youtub77777771 Watch this one... watch?v=D6u7r0dbw1I (Put that after youtube(dot) come then the / This is a small example of the millions and millions of dollars the federal and state governments are spending on controlling carp.
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
gonna cry
youtub77777771 11 months ago
would this work with other fish like bass and catfish?
prime115 11 months ago
@prime115
It's actually illegal for any fish other than "rough" fish as defined by your states natural resource department and/or game and fisheries department. "Rough" fish are typically Carp, Gar, Suckerfish, and sometimes Drum and Tilapia. Bowfishing for sharks and rays is also legal in some places, and looks to be quite fun!! Consult your state's laws about where and what to bowfish. In Virginia, you'll get thrown under the jail for shooting a bass, lol.
Bowfishingdude 11 months ago
@Bowfishingdude
Here in Arkansas, we can bowfish for catfish from noon, July 15 – noon, May 1 but only take half the daily catfish limit.
chacorocks 10 months ago
@chacorocks Thanks for the update Chaco, I had no idea it was legal to shoot game fish in some parts of the country. You learn something everyday! Thanks!
Bowfishingdude 10 months ago
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chacorocks 10 months ago
@prime115 Illegal with good reason.
Goingpostal1000 11 months ago
@Goingpostal1000 ok just wanted to know
prime115 11 months ago
what is that second song that goes "woohoo"
elkhuntercal 11 months ago
@elkhuntercal
"Song 2" by Blur.
Bowfishingdude 11 months ago
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Pause the video at 0:00.
Hold the left arrow key for a few seconds, then, while holding left, press up.
Now enloy a simple game of snake! (Thumbs up if it works!)
DistantShrimp 1 year ago
looks like fun
theschizoid1 1 year ago
u nas ta metoda jest zakazana.
lukesp725 1 year ago
man that might be the coolest vid I HAVE ever SEEN
TheRappin12 1 year ago
nice video. nice boat. nice bows love oneida's
flwkid 1 year ago
its easier than 6 steps, see fish, pull bow back, kill fish, done!
weshorton89 1 year ago
Cant wait to get myn for C-Mas. sadly WA dosn't have much of a wide selection
camofirekid 1 year ago
Wi..er
BLBPati 1 year ago
srry i ment wh@t is th@t fist songs n@me
luissteger 1 year ago
@luissteger: That is "The Blue Wraith" by "I Monster". You can find it on the Shaun of the Dead soundtrack.
Bowfishingdude 1 year ago
wh@t is th@t 1st song?
luissteger 1 year ago
What kind of bow is that? Id like to have one...
CMxProDuctionsTBA 1 year ago
@CMxProDuctionsTBA : The bows I prefer to use are Oneida Screaming Eagles. I also hunt/fish with an old Clearwater PowerMag, an Oneida Tomcat, and a Bear Grizzly recurve. Really you can use any bow that A) fits you, B) is stout enough to push an arrow through a couple feet of water and then into a fish, and C) you don't mind parting with if you drop it over the side of the boat! You can hunt around on eBay, at bow shops, online, and on craigslist for the older style Oneida bows. Good luck!!
Bowfishingdude 1 year ago
ive been shoting for a number of years im 15 now and im archry hunting this year and loving all the varites of things i can shoot. i would love to get into bow fishing. what kind of bows are they? and what would i need? and can you only shoot carp or can you shoot pike and gar? please get back to me and great video btw.
12motocrosser 1 year ago
@12motocrosser : Great to hear you so into archery. It's a great sport. You can really use any bow of your choice. However, I perfer Oneida Screaming Eagles. They were a bow made in the 80's. You can still find them if you look. All you need are a bow, the required license in your state, and a bowfishing kit (arrow, string, reel). You can pick one up online, at Gander Mountain/Cabelas/Bass Pro Shops. Check your state laws, but typically you can only shoot rough fish: gar, carp, drum, etc
Bowfishingdude 1 year ago
the retriever reel sucks lol yal need a pro kit makes things way easier i used that starter kit and i was like nope ima need a pro kit
ThaaCookies 1 year ago
I've finally got Part 2 up. I had to remove a couple songs, and it totally changed the "flow", but the footage is all there, and that's the important part!
Bowfishingdude 1 year ago
do you ever reel in a fish or is it mostly by pulling in the line
kevbot31 1 year ago
Funny you should ask. I'm trying a AMS retriever reel this year. Prior to that I've only used the open face reel one you see in the vids. And even with those I've preferred the fixed ones as opposed to the ones that "crank". The reason being that the open faced style doesn't provide any "drag" and so if a fish runs it can easily pull the arrow out. With hand reeling you can "feel" what the fish is doing and know when to just pull him in and when to let him run. Not sure about AMS reel yet.
Bowfishingdude 1 year ago
@Bowfishingdude ok thanks a lot!
kevbot31 1 year ago
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NateSoony 1 year ago
awesome i like it......
useradam9666 1 year ago
Thanks, I'm trying to post "Part 2" but I'm having some copyright infringement issues... I'll get them worked out soon and get Part 2 up.
Bowfishingdude 1 year ago
Looks like a lot of fun
Max261193 1 year ago