Bow Hunting for carp

[wazzuhunter]

I used to go bowfishing with my cousin when I was living back home in Selah.  We usually went to the white bluffs area just below Vernita brigde.  Man there are some hogs down there.

[LG]

hey i dont know if youre still interested but i just ran across a bowfishing article in the may/june petersens bowhunting mag.  its a pretty good article it covers all of the products.  who knew they even had fish targets for practice?

[NW-GSP]

Try this carp bowfishing!

I actually have a friend who's family is pretty well off, and he and his dad were nice enough to pay my way and go on this hunt/shoot whatever you want to call it with them!  We actually went with Brackett Outdoors, the guys in the video.  Man it was a blast!

I've yet to try bowfishing for the ones that don't jump out of the water, but I might have to try it out.  Nothing like a nice day out on the water.

how do they get the fish to jump like that?

[BLKBEARKLR]

Well I fished a tournie this weekend in Moses, the fricken carp were everywhere we even snagged a couple by accident with crankbaits. Know where I am going to whack some carp this year

[CastleRocker]

Just make sure you have enough line!  I went out with a friend of mine after work one day.  He had a bowfishing outfit, but didn't have enough line left on the reel.  (We found out later).  We snuck up on some carp and he took about a 45 yard shot.  Apparently the line was shorter than the shot, because the arrow stopped, then came back, turned around (point first) and went right between us at about head height.   We both saw it, but it happened so fast, neither of us moved in time, it just happened to miss.  Lesson learned.  Looks like a lot of fun though! 

[rosscrazyelk]

I have found Bow hunting for carp a real fun past time when the fishing is slow. Here is  one I called submarine just cause how it came out of the depths and its size. it might not look big but keep in mind My buddy Is 6'6"

[shadowless_nite]

just picked up the muzzy set up they sell, they had it on clearance at joes for $100 so i thought id finally suck it up and buy it. hopefully its worth it and i whack a few this year.

[Machias]

You guys are going to laugh at this.  I spent 6 years in England and believe it or not they have some fantastic fishing, HUGE pike and carp.  The carp over there is like the largemouth bass or steelhead in stature to those folks.  My first four years over there I only fished for pike, cause where I grew up carp are trash.  What a shame, fishing for carp on light tackle with size 22 hooks is a HOOT.  The fish get educated pretty quick over there because it's almost all catch and release so you get these 20, 30 and 40 pounders that fight like heck.  I used to tell them we bow shoot those things over in the USA and they would cringe.  There biggest fishing magazine over there is Carp World, I kid you not!  I have seen them put lip balm on the carp's lip where the hook caught them and wade out into the water and cradle the fish until it was strong enough to swim off.  Actually saw a guy land a carp without a net and several guys went over and threaten to kick his @$$ and throw him in if he ever did it again.  Too funny!  I used to take my kids to Banks Lake and catch 8 to 15 pounders all day long, they get the experince of fighting and landing big fish on light tackle, non-stop action and I never told them everyone else thinks these are trash.  Kids LOVE catching carp.

[BENCHLEG]

when i was a kid we would shoot carp with a long bow and chase them in the shallows until we got the carp or our arrow. great fun.

[ratherhunt]

This thread is awesome got to try bow fishing

[TheHunt]

I have done this for the last five years.  Moses Lake has lots of carp.  You can shoot until your arms fall off.   60 lbs is about perfect in my opinion.  I use a Zebco 808 on a reel set that is screwed into the bow.   Fantastic fun..

This is the best time to go right now.   

[teamkl]

Hello all,

I'm a long time viewer of this site but just had to chime in when I saw this thread.  Bowfishing is definitely one the most fun and exciting things to do with your bow.  Every year on Father's Day weekend there is a tournament held on Moses Lake.  We usually end up with about 30-40 two man teams and take around 30,000lbs of carp out of the lake.  It is a great bunch of guys that attend and always on of my favorite weekends of the year.  If you guys are at all interested in bowfishing, you should check it out. 

Here is a link to the tournament website....

www.pnwbowfishing.com

[BLKBEARKLR]

teamkl, I really want to bow fish this tournie. Do you know of anyone looking for a partner? I will pay for all the gas and whatever else. I just cant justify taking a 44,000 dollar bass boat over there. That carpet would get SMELLY!!!!!   

[teamkl]

Sorry bear but I don't know anybody looking for a partner right now.  Maybe contact the tourney director, John, he might be able to help you out.  I hear ya on the bass boat....tourneys can get pretty slimy and bloody on the boat.  We use an old carpeted boat and usually have to spend a few hours after the weekend trying to wash the carpet out.  Hopefully next year we'll be stepping up to a boat a little more suitable for stinky ol' carp.