Bowfishing the Illinois River for Flying Carp on a Portabote

[smoothsalin]

Does anyone know where abouts on the Illinois River these carp can be found? Also if there is a certain time of yr that they jump or do they jump year around? I have a boat and bow and would like to give this a shot. Any info would be appreciated...thanks

[BRICHARDSON85]

they only jump out of the water if your boat is reved up very high it scares them

[catfishhunter2010]

do u charter if so how much and can i

[tagurite]

Awesome! Several thousands more to go. Take all your friends & family!

[IMDEISSEL]

I can't wait to do this!

[bitterangst]

well, how about this weekend??? you need to attend the annual opener and the refresher course. the opener is in APRIL and the refresher course is in MAY. this year you are invited to BOWFISHING NIRVANA EXPO AS WELL. hold your pants on, ITS ON!!! sucker and steel are winding down, and now it is time to turn to CARP!!!

[Trashfished]

Me and my 2 nephews and a bud are goin to Henry Il. Sat. for an 8 hour bowfisng asian carp hunt. cant wait!!

[Trashfished]

@bitterangst How early in the spring can you bowfish these?

[bitterangst]

dude,

since i live far away from this honey hole, i dont know when exactly this spawning run occurs. on the first day in JUNE 2008, we hit the run in full stride. last year, we missed it completely during the first week of JUNE.

we are currently in the process of fine tuning how to time this spawning run. if you time it right, you will have the time of your life.

bitter

[HawgNSonsTV2]

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[bitterangst]

i went to your website. it looks like you are living the dream too. for some reason, your catches are alot better looking.

bitter

[HawgNSonsTV2]

lol...thanks buddy....for checking us out!

[omartooly]

nice video- a transmission test

[omartooly]

nice video - a transmission test

[kaychi]

man and i thought the snake river had alot of carps. hopefully these things wont get this far. i dont really like carp but they're fun to catch.

[bitterangst]

just doing my part as an american and an ally to canada.

the fish is tastey.

bitter

[pumpkinking9e]

Thank you for doing the America and my country (Canada) a huge favor. We need to eradicate these fish somehow, before they pollute our prime sport fishing grounds. Before Asian carp, these rivers were much nicer, and held buckets of native sportfish.

Please, don't let a single fish live.......I have nothing against the fish in their native habitat, but they are on our turf and have to be killed.

I'd imagine these taste quite a bit better than "common Carp". White flaky meat, like Catfish mayb?

[muskieman451]

are you fishing the illinois canal??!!! i fish theyre alot!!!!in lasalle illinois?

[bitterangst]

we are fishing the illinois river located at starved rock state park.

[muskieman451]

oh ive fished there with my dad before

[angeloamericano]

Hey guys sounds great and keep up the good work. I'm surprized to hear the river is low.

[RIVERRAT187]

great video i live in illinois to what city are you from there isnt many of us here in illinois that bowfish i fish the sangoman and the illinois all the time

[bitterangst]

I dont live in Illinois. That was just a man trip. I live in Michigan. I only bowfish about 4-6 times a year. But this is a must trip every year. So I have done 5 bowfishing trips this year. I have 2 more planned and then I will start to focus on flyfishing for smallmouth, then salmon/steelhead, then some winter ice fishing for pike. Be sure to catch my videos.

[livetofish703]

Wow. I love the video. Are you a professional film editor?

[bitterangst]

dude, stop your antics. let it go dude, let it go....

[angeloamericano]

good job, kill more. how is the river now?

[bitterangst]

oh more have been killed. video to follow....

i just have been back logged.

river is high and deep, but they were still there as of june 8th.

i am trying to get back july 4th for another romp. i hope to have some unique and different action scenes.

bitter

[bitterangst]

just got back from a July 4th shoot. the water is really low, and we couldnt find the flying carp this time....but it is not about the fishing, it is about being with my bros. we still had a blast.

[vitandolini]

That hog at the 2:11 mark is GIGANTOR!!!

[bitterangst]

Yes indeed...we put on a fricking clinic on the illinois river. my friend and bro, we stained the water red that day....the gods would have been proud.

[Cataba4]

Man, I would have done anything to go on a trip like that. That looked like a blast.

[bitterangst]

Dude, it was a blast...we had so much fun. I have never had so much action in my life.

[bitterangst]

Let me define "action." Action is the amount of shots we had....our arms got sore. My bro was pulling 85 pounds on a compound (hence his double count). I was pulling 50 pounds on a recurve. Our arms were sore. Combine that with 90 degree heat, no breeze, hundreds of pounds of fish, and poor conditioning....we were dead!!!