Well I headed to my favorite fishing spot the other day to go for the big ones. As usual I took my bow in case the opportunity to arrow some carp arose. We were catching quite a few fish and seeing some big carp in the shallows. I decided to go try thin the carp population. I had just restrung my bow, so my first few shots didnt seem to go where the pins had been. After some practice shots I seemed to be back on. My buddy was trolling around the shore slow looking for fish. I noticed what I thought to be a decent sized one swimming toward the boat. I waited until a good shot presented itself and took it. The fight was on!!! After a short battle I had it next to the boat. My friend dipped the net into the water,,,,,,then looks up at me. He says, "Hey man, I think I am going to need some help lifting this into the boat. The net is starting to bend." So I looked over the edge and saw the behemouth. I didnt think it was that big when I shot, but man it was a nice surprise. This carp had the biggest belly I have ever seen, it looks like it swallowed a beach ball. Although I dont know how it could with the tiny mouth they have.
I knew it was going to be at least close to, or not shatter, the old state record for bowfishing. Long story short it turned out to be 35 inches long with a
girth of 27 inches!!! Weighed the beast and turned out a whopping 22 pounds 6 ounces. I couldnt remember what the old record was for sure so I had to wait until I got home to check it. The old record is listed at 17 pounds 13 ounces, so I guess I got it by a little bit.
It was an amazing day on the water and such a blast. It's a great sport and I would encourage anybody that wants it to give it a try to go for it.
I tell you it ate a beach ball!
We also got some walleye and smallies. Walleye were caught in 20 fow using Fuzz-E-Grubs in orange/chartruese or crawfish pattern tipped with piece of crawler. We caught the smallies in 15 fow on rock structure working grubs slow off the ledges.
