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Other Activities => BowFishing => Topic started by: Kain on April 30, 2021, 08:45:02 PM

Title: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on April 30, 2021, 08:45:02 PM: The spawn is on and the lake is INFESTED. Yall should go out and shoot as many as you can. Vancouver Lake organization just paid gill netters to remove 1600+ and they are doing it again this month.
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on April 30, 2021, 08:52:46 PM: https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/spokane-based-company-plucks-1615-invasive-carp-from-vancouver-lake/?fbclid=IwAR0ytGIsqYG9-0a6C9yTT9-1u07Uyrf2Et4rK33EA6jNP9CkIovoOxZM0UA
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on April 30, 2021, 08:54:01 PM: Do you ever use a bow?
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on April 30, 2021, 09:00:07 PM: Quote from: Boss .300 winmag on April 30, 2021, 08:54:01 PM
Do you ever use a bow?
Not yet. I have an old bow but I dont have anything else.
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: lewy on April 30, 2021, 09:13:21 PM: Looks like a blast
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: GWP on May 01, 2021, 06:14:12 AM: They have a Tournament in Moses every year. My BIL’s came in third one year with 270+ lbs (if I remember correctly) of carp.
It can be addictive...
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on May 01, 2021, 07:07:04 AM: Quote from: GWP on May 01, 2021, 06:14:12 AM
They have a Tournament in Moses every year. My BIL’s came in third one year with 270+ lbs (if I remember correctly) of carp.
It can be addictive...
I could see getting those kinds of numbers easily with a bow and just horsing them in. The hardest part of the whole deal is disposal. I can only dig so many holes. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Rainier10 on May 01, 2021, 08:06:05 AM: The spawn is on already? I thought it happened later in may. What lake?
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on May 01, 2021, 08:23:01 AM: Quote from: Rainier10 on May 01, 2021, 08:06:05 AM
The spawn is on already? I thought it happened later in may. What lake?

Vancouver lake. I had been checking for the last couple weeks. Water was super low last week. I even brought a pole a few days ago in case it had not started. When I got there the water was up and the carp were boiling in shallows. This lake heats up really fast because its so shallow.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on May 01, 2021, 10:56:14 AM: Good stuff!
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Post by: Lucky1 on May 01, 2021, 11:35:20 AM: Really cool. We used to shoot them with bows back in MN. Lots of fun. I didn’t know about shooting them on Vancouver lake. If my shoulder ever heals back up, I am going down there and give it a try.
A 20 pound carp is huge!
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on May 01, 2021, 12:27:40 PM: Quote from: Lucky1 on May 01, 2021, 11:35:20 AM
Really cool. We used to shoot them with bows back in MN. Lots of fun. I didn’t know about shooting them on Vancouver lake. If my shoulder ever heals back up, I am going down there and give it a try.
A 20 pound carp is huge!

21.8
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Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on May 01, 2021, 12:30:47 PM: That little rod is doing some work. LOL
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Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: NRA4LIFE on May 01, 2021, 12:37:43 PM: That is really cool. Have you ever tried smoking them? If you can get past the bones they're not too bad, a little oily. We used to shoot them with bows back in WI when I was younger. Me and a buddy used to go out in a canoe. He shot a monster one time that towed us around for awhile. That one might have been 40 plus. We took them to a local bait shop and the guy would sell them to some coworkers down in Milwaukee. Got us free minnows for the summer.
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on May 01, 2021, 12:43:55 PM: I might try it one day. If it was any other body of water I would do it now. Its just something about that lake that seems too nastyy to eat anything out of it. I know lots of the Russians keep carp at the Felida launch so they must be fine. I just have to get over it probably and try one. For now they will be bait for crawfish and maybe sturgeon.
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Post by: 3dvapor on May 01, 2021, 04:44:04 PM: Watch on YouTube someone cleaning one that will cure you from ever wanting to eat a carp. Guaranteed!
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Post by: whackmaster on May 01, 2021, 05:40:03 PM: That is so cool 8)
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: GWP on May 01, 2021, 06:47:50 PM: Quote from: 3dvapor on May 01, 2021, 04:44:04 PM
Watch on YouTube someone cleaning one that will cure you from ever wanting to eat a carp. Guaranteed!

How so? I have cleaned, smoked and eaten them. Very good. Others that tried mine liked it.
I brine, then pressure cook for 45 minutes, then smoke/dry for 6-7 hours. The bones get soft enough you don’t notice them.
Title: Re: Blowfishing the carp spawn
Post by: Kain on May 01, 2021, 07:29:03 PM: Quote from: 3dvapor on May 01, 2021, 04:44:04 PM
Watch on YouTube someone cleaning one that will cure you from ever wanting to eat a carp. Guaranteed!

I filleted several of the small ones and kept the meat and eggs. Two of the bigs ones got me two gallon ziplocks full of eggs. I plan on using them for crawfish bait but there didnt seem to be anything nasty about their insides or the meat. Meat is interesting though since its got different colors.