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Other Activities => BowFishing => Topic started by: Pete112288 on December 11, 2013, 07:27:08 PM

Title: Whats your biggest carp from the NW?
Post by: Pete112288 on December 11, 2013, 07:27:08 PM: I have about an average of 9 lbs for all of mine with a 16 pounder as my biggest. I have had several over the years that were not ideal shots and they tore out of the arrow that the fish were 3+ feet long. I had one trapped in a small pool in a backwater slough of the columbia a few years back that was for sure the biggest carp I had ever seen around here. The first shot missed and hit a rock so the knock broke off and I only had the one arrow. I watched it for a while and it swam through the shallows to the bigger water. The water was about a foot deep in the shallows and it stuck way out of the water as it went through. Between my buddy and I we determined the head was about the size of a basketball if not a hair bigger. easily broke 4 ft long. I didnt realize they would hit that size here. Whats the biggest you have come across?
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Post by: Carp Commander on December 12, 2013, 06:36:25 PM: It isn't uncommon for us to get 20 to 25 ponders just about anywhere in Washington that holds carp. It's not as frequent but we see 30 ponders every summer as well.

Do you shoot any of the tournaments with the Washington Bowfishing Association (WBA)?

Great opportunity to see big fish.
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Post by: whackmaster on December 12, 2013, 06:57:13 PM: love shooting carp in lake sammamish i think some of
them where close to 40lbs :tup:
Title: Re: Whats your biggest carp from the NW?
Post by: Pete112288 on December 12, 2013, 07:00:25 PM: No I havent done any tournaments. Just do it to pass the time in the summer when its too hot for me to get after bass or steelhead. Man it sure is a load of fun though. Havent done it the last couple summers. My outdoor hobbies are fast outnumbering the free days I have to do them.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 12, 2013, 07:07:54 PM: We get some in the mid 20's around here. Not to many toads. I never use to carry a scale but I have started the last few years.
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Post by: Stickers on December 17, 2013, 07:08:56 PM: I shot my biggest carp last year in ID at Farewell Bend. It ended up weighing just over 36 lbs. We ended up putting three fish in the boat that weighed over 30 lbs. that weekend. It's a great place to shoot hogs!!!

Locally in the Tri-Cities we'll shoot 28s and 29s all summer long. We saw one fish last year that would have pushed 40.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1307.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs591%2Fscotte17%2FIMG_1510_zpsd40a94b2.jpg&hash=ae028d05c4af01994a886fbf46dfb0997162384a)] (http://[URL=http://s1307.photobucket.com/user/scotte17/media/IMG_1510_zpsd40a94b2.jpg.html)
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Post by: BOHNTR on December 18, 2013, 01:49:40 PM: one from a few years ago my son shot
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Post by: sirfunkeybut on December 18, 2013, 02:05:27 PM: my personal biggest, almost 15 lbs. not huge but the biggest ive seen in the area I shoot
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 18, 2013, 02:18:03 PM: Quote from: Stickers on December 17, 2013, 07:08:56 PM
I shot my biggest carp last year in ID at Farewell Bend. It ended up weighing just over 36 lbs. We ended up putting three fish in the boat that weighed over 30 lbs. that weekend. It's a great place to shoot hogs!!!

Locally in the Tri-Cities we'll shoot 28s and 29s all summer long. We saw one fish last year that would have pushed 40.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1307.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs591%2Fscotte17%2FIMG_1510_zpsd40a94b2.jpg&hash=ae028d05c4af01994a886fbf46dfb0997162384a)]
(http://[URL=http://s1307.photobucket.com/user/scotte17/media/IMG_1510_zpsd40a94b2.jpg.html)
:yike: :tup: Man that looks like a carp from the East Coast ....that's a hog :yeah: Belly full of eggs help too :dunno: :chuckle:
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Post by: popcorn on January 23, 2014, 07:28:06 PM: My buddy and I shot this 67lber at the Idaho State championship tourney at CJ Strike reservoir in 2011.....took two arrows to get her in...
Title: Re: Whats your biggest carp from the NW?
Post by: Pete112288 on January 25, 2014, 02:23:15 PM: Now thats a fatty. I could only imagine trying to wrestle that thing in alone and on the bank like I normally am haha.
Title: Re: Whats your biggest carp from the NW?
Post by: Stickers on January 28, 2014, 07:39:32 PM: Quote from: popcorn on January 23, 2014, 07:28:06 PM
My buddy and I shot this 67lber at the Idaho State championship tourney at CJ Strike reservoir in 2011.....took two arrows to get her in...

Man, I always get one upped by that photo. I'll tell you what though, seeing that fish in person made me only swim in my pool for about a year :)
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Post by: MLBowhunting on February 28, 2014, 01:32:01 PM: That carp is a GIANT. My biggest was 22 pounds out of Potholes
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Post by: DOUBLELUNG on February 28, 2014, 01:36:43 PM: 27 lbs out of the Okanogan, gravid female
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Post by: Stickers on March 02, 2014, 10:36:08 AM: I know some shooters out of the Okanogan area that shoot pigs too. A 27 is a great fish. Shoot, a 22 out of potholes is a monster. After shooting potholes for the last 4 years i believe the average is about 9lbs. Here's a pic of my buddies 31lber out of potholes. I've never seen one that big again up there.

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Post by: BKMFR on May 26, 2014, 08:34:18 AM: Two of many this particular day.... Was one of those days that you remember....
Title: Re: Whats your biggest carp from the NW?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on May 26, 2014, 08:38:09 AM: Quote from: Stickers on March 02, 2014, 10:36:08 AM
I know some shooters out of the Okanogan area that shoot pigs too. A 27 is a great fish. Shoot, a 22 out of potholes is a monster. After shooting potholes for the last 4 years i believe the average is about 9lbs. Here's a pic of my buddies 31lber out of potholes. I've never seen one that big again up there.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1307.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fs591%2Fscotte17%2FMobile%2520Uploads%2Fimage_zpsc8e0dd22.jpg&hash=c6ffc9e945f9c2c5c68ddded6ca8e56fade818a5)
truly a PIG !!! Just got my old Hoyt set up for carp . haven't went in years but hopefully I can get back at this summer :tup: