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Carp shooting
benhuntin:
I was told slice and sink. So they don't float back up. Also talked to a game warden about wastage, he had a good laugh at that.
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Special T:
--- Quote from: benhuntin on December 27, 2016, 03:26:16 PM ---I was told slice and sink. So they don't float back up. Also talked to a game warden about wastage, he had a good laugh at that.
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NO its fillet and release!
KFhunter:
they used to be my bear bait >:(
huntingfool7:
Reach in and snip the gills with a pair of scissors. That way you know you won't have to shoot them next year.
Stickers:
Here's the official word.......We (Wahshington Bowfishing Association) has been working with WDFW for the last 7 years on removing more and more carp from our waterways. If you can use the fish, please do, we encourage that. Whether you eat them, use them for bait (crawfish, catfish, sturgeon, crab), or add them to your garden. If you cannot.....please keep shooting them. We (with WDFWs support) recommend always keeping a barrel in you boat. It is bad publicity to shoot a fish and throw it right back into the water. Plenty of people in the community will not understand why you would harvest a fish if you do not intend to keep it. Please place all of your fish in your barrel until you are done for the day. Take a picture, and then move yourself out to 15-20 feet of water, or to your favorite catfish hole, away from other boaters. Slice the Fish from vent to gills. This should pop the air bladder and allow the fish to sink.
There is no violation for waste, since there is no monetary value for the fish. Carp stir up the mud, eating roots and crustaceans, thus suffocating the eggs of other fish species. They also account for the loss of wetlands and forage for waterfowl.
PLEASE...do not leave them on the bank, next to a boat ramp, or floating on the water. This gives our sport a black eye and devalues the work we do. Coyotes and birds do not need the food. The reason why WDFW recommends the method of "slice and sink" is due to the fact that the nutrients is returned to the river system to support the freshwater ecosystem.
Scott Estes
Past President of the Washington Bowfishing Associaiton
Bowfishing Association of America State Representative
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