Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Feb 11, 2012 8:35:31 GMT -5
Anybody else bowfish or spear during the summer? Was wondering if there was enough of us that do, maybe a bowfishing section? My buddy and I plan on doing a ton of it this summer. Maybe even enter a tourny or two. Curious if anybody else goes after roughfish. Great past time and good practice with the bow. Also have a spear gun that I checked the regs and can legally spear rough fish but only on the chain of lakes I live on.
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swamp
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Post by swamp on Feb 11, 2012 8:44:46 GMT -5
i spear/gig frogs and suckers..never really bowfished but defiantly up to try it..i got a used bow i can turn into a fishing one..
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cp
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Post by cp on Feb 11, 2012 9:00:26 GMT -5
I've gone a few times. Buddys got a place on Croton/Hardys ponds in Newaygo his boats all set up with lights and a nice little generator.
Wonder if they have a bowfishing kit for cross bows........hmm!!!
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Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Feb 11, 2012 11:13:59 GMT -5
We shoot a lot of gar pike on my chain. If you get out in the spring at the right time during spawning season though the carp are just everywhere. Get the occasional dog fish too. Heres a hog gar I shot last year on Bruin lake with my bow. Never did get a tape on it. I'm guessing it was pushing upper forties maybe even 50. Everyone was drinking and for my buddy and owner of the pontoon we were shooting off of, had an urge to throw it back into the water after the picture.
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Post by ScoutB on Feb 11, 2012 21:33:37 GMT -5
There are places on the Grand River where you can almost cross the river by walking on the gar pike. You could probably get two with one shot.
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Post by Swampbuckster on Feb 11, 2012 21:34:28 GMT -5
There are places on the Grand River where you can almost cross the river by walking on the gar pike. You could probably get two with one shot. Really? Tell me more!
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Post by ScoutB on Feb 11, 2012 22:22:59 GMT -5
On a hot summer day you can see them sunning in the slow shallows. Just for fun I like to throw a huge Jitterbug in the middle of them. They either attack it or scatter. It's really fun when you foul hook one.
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Swampbuckster
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Post by Swampbuckster on Feb 11, 2012 22:24:37 GMT -5
Have you ever tried short pieces of nylon rope instead of treble hooks? You'll hook them every time that way. It gets tangled up in their teeth.
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Post by ScoutB on Feb 11, 2012 22:33:38 GMT -5
Really? No, I've never tried that. Sounds like fun. Catching gars is a great way to kill a few hours in the middle of the day when nothing else is biting.
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Post by SPLASH on Feb 11, 2012 23:33:09 GMT -5
I have caught them using velcro.
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Post by Swampbuckster on Feb 11, 2012 23:38:49 GMT -5
I could see that working.
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Post by SPLASH on Feb 11, 2012 23:41:04 GMT -5
A buddy and I got into shooting them with the bow a few years back. More carp than anything though. Night time with lights is the best. I hit a monster once and the arrow bounced off as the gar sunk to the bottom. I guess I killed it.
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Post by Swampbuckster on Feb 11, 2012 23:53:30 GMT -5
lol. They are tough mo'fos.
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Post by Fobbitcrusher on Feb 15, 2012 11:50:47 GMT -5
Gar are delicious! You wont see me tossing them back...Anyone has a good spot to get them, and you just became my bff!
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cp
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Post by cp on Feb 15, 2012 11:57:06 GMT -5
Come down to TN...LOTS of them at Kentucky/Barkley lake.
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