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Getting started "Bow Fishing"
ribka:
--- Quote from: Ray on January 01, 2011, 08:40:00 PM ---Are these worth a damn?
http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/Retriever-Bowfishing-Reel/productinfo/3104/
http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/K-K-Screw-On-Bowfishing-KIT/productinfo/3612/
http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/Yellow-Jacket-Fishing-Shaft/productinfo/3614/
Those will get you started .Good reliable products.
I started bow fishing in 1975 with my Dad's cedar arrows and bear razorheads or Ben Pearson Deadsheads and a 45 lb Bear Kodiak bow. have shot 100's of carp.
I use simular equipment now. Based upon my experience use at least 50 lbs with a retriever bow fishing reel.Using this retriever needs more poundage. Especially for longer and deeper shots :twocents:
I like the muzzy heads for bow fishing
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carpsniperg2:
You got it :tup:
Okay first is some of the points that i like to use.
Points:
Pic 1: these are by far the best points i have ever used! These are innerloc grapple points. There is a 2 blade and 3 blade, both pictured. These have a huge holding power to them!
pic 2: Left stingray point, very common point, used a lot in tourneys. Because they are very quick to remove fish. I have had a few untwist on me during retrieval of the fish. On the right: muzzy carp point, another one of the most used points out there. Very solid point, They do have wire wings, to hold the fish on. These can tear the fish and cause you to loose them, if the fish are a little soft "full of eggs and spawned out"
pic 3: Top innerloc pro point, my fave wire barbed point. Very good shooting point and does not plane in the water as much as some of the other heads. Bottom is the garpoon. A super heavy point used on big game fish. Can be used on carp, but they have to have the wings locked back after every shot. Or they plane threw the water very bad and won't get the depth needed.
Reels: As far as reels go, i only use the ams bowfishing reels. They are zero drag and the safest reel i have ever shot. The spin cast reels are pretty good. But have you ever tried to cast a spin cast real and forgot to Punch the button? Well imagine that happening with a arrow! Not very pretty! The drum style reels are good as well. They just take about 4 times as long to reel in and get set back up as the other reels
Bows: Note these are only a few of the bows i have setup. My main bow and a few of my main bows that my clients or friends run.
pic 4: My full time bow as of 2010, elite archery xlr 55lbs ams pro reel and muzzy fish hook.
pic 5: My Oneida black eagle, the Oneida is a hybrid bow with the best of both worlds. You can snap shoot it like a recurve, and draw and hold with letoff like a compound. Very popular in the bowfishing world.
pic 6: 40lb Jennings and a 55lbs pro line. Both setup with ams reels and ams roller rests.
With bowfishing bows, its better if you have sight holes to mount a reel on, or a stabilizer hole "if using a spincast reel. But for the trad guys using long bows or recurves. They make a tape on mount for all 3 styles of reels, "bottle ams,spin cast,drum"
Rests: There are many rests out there. After a long day of shooting a guy really will like the "fuller containment rests" they help keep the arrows from bouncing off the rest. The two that i like the best and trust for new shooters and season pros alike is the ams wave rest and the muzzy fish hook rest. Both preformed very well!
Arrows:
Well i have always just made my own with fiberglass blanks. They also make shafts called yellow jacket that are fiberglass with impregnated carbon in the arrows. There are also all carbons arrows. All are good arrows, all will get the job done. Fiberglass has worked the best for me. I have friends that run all types of arrows and there faves are still the fiberglass arrows.
Line:
Most spin cast reels use lighter # test like 80-100#'s, the ams reels use 130 or 210 braided Dacron line. You can also use the higher poundage line for gator and shark hunting.
As always i love to answer questions. I love the sport of bowfishing. If anyone has any questions as far as costs or were to buy there stuff feel free to ask. you can ask on here or in a pm. I plan on putting my skills on the line this year. I plan on chasing more and more aquatic targets! This year SHARKS are on the hit list as well as tuna. Then there are rays and gator gar, and alligators for me later down the road.
Ray:
Thank you. That was very detailed. One more question. On the samick sage it has some screw in spots on the riser. Is that going to be good enough to mount the reel? I have never attached anything to my bow other than a string and an arrow.
http://www.3riversarchery.com/ShowLargerImage.asp?i=2490X&n=Sage+No+Tools+Take-Down+Recurve+Bow
carpsniperg2:
--- Quote from: Ray on January 01, 2011, 08:40:00 PM ---Are these worth a damn?
http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/Retriever-Bowfishing-Reel/productinfo/3104/
http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/K-K-Screw-On-Bowfishing-KIT/productinfo/3612/
http://www.kustomkingarchery.com/Yellow-Jacket-Fishing-Shaft/productinfo/3614/
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Yes all three will work great. I like the ams reel way better then the screw on reels. You will retrieve and shoot the arrows about 75% faster with the retriever reels. Ray they also make a tape on mount for mounting the retriever reels on trad bows. I will look for a link on one of my friends site.The yellow jacks are the carbon impregnated arrows that i mentioned above. They are a very good arrow shaft as well.
Just saw your other post, if they are standard sight holes. Which i am sure they would be. Because there is a standard in the archery world. Then the retriever will fit right on it. The reel comes with a few spacers for clearance as well. I have not dealt with the samick bows. I have watched them shoot them on Strickland's archery show. They seem like a very nice bow. I have lots of gear for anyone to test out and see what they like. The reels are as easy to out on as a few spacers and 2 screws.
Ray:
Gotcha on the ams reel.
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