Bow Fishing
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When I was a young man, I got my first bow and arrow when I was 10 years old. Over my growing years, I became pretty good with the bow and arrow so it was very easy to adapt to bow fishing. Here’s the story.
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Bow Fishing
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When I was 23 years old, I would go fishing from the bank near the dam with my Dad for WallEyed Pike. I had a 60 pound bow that I had fooled around with when I was younger and five bow fishing arrows and bow reel for times when the Walleye weren’t biting.
This is the simple bow hunting rig I used which consisted of a single string bow, a cheap bow reel, and a few fishing arrows. The system worked very well and I pulled in a lot of carp with the rig.
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Down around the dam in the deep water, these giant carp would just lay on the surface of the water kind of drifting around. When I saw one, I would grab my bow and load up an arrow and take aim at the big carp. I was a pretty good shot, so I bagged most of the carp I shot at. Since the carp is an undesirable fish that everyone wanted removed from the lake, I just threw the ones I pulled in back on the bank and the local varmints usually had them cleaned up by morning.
Once I stuck the carp with the arrow, all I had to do was pull him in hand over hand with the 100 pound test line on the reel.
On a good day of fishing, my Dad and I would catch several walleye ranging from 3 to 5 pounds, and I would shoot and stick 8 to 10 Carp ranging from 5 to 10 pounds. These fishing trips with the bow and arrow fishing on the side kept the fun going all the time while waiting for the walleye to bite a drifting minnow.
My Mom showing two large Walleye she caught on Lake Meredith at Deans 66 Station in Sanford, Texas.
My Dad kept his boat stored at Deans 66 Station in Sanford, so he would go by and report his catch when he got off the lake. Dean would take his picture which he loved and then he got credit for his catch the next morning on Dean’s Daily Fishing report on the radio.
Thanks for reading Bow Fishing,
Bill