Bowfishing bow set up for newb

[Lungpopper]

I wouldn’t say you couldn’t go fish with a crossbow.
Bolts would be short. So not enough weight to carry through the water.
Not even sure how you would tune a crossbow to get the arrow/bolt to fly straight.
Loading the crossbow between shots would would be tedious.
Most of the fish we shoot are moving. With a lot of them moving fast. I don’t think you could swing the crossbow fast enough.
Personally it doesn’t seem like a good tool for the job.

 

[longbowhunter2]

 

[longbowhunter2]

 

[longbowhunter2]

heres a guy in a kayak

 

[Lungpopper]

Yea. 2 of my points were proved correct in that second video.
Hard to swing on moving fish and the time it takes to reload the bow.

 

[longbowhunter2]

sure every method has it's pros and con's but it's doable, but it didn't cost much.

 

[Lungpopper]

sure every method has it's pros and con's but it's doable, but it didn't cost much.

I guess I just look at it in a different way.

 

[longbowhunter2]

LP your golden, love your boat man, ahhh memories.
with me at my age it's about just having fun.

 

[Littlmama]

Oops forgot to report on new bow/fishing. The PSE rtf (ready to fish) set up I got wasnt bad. I did make quite a few mistakes which resulted in a destring, and my arrow safety ring breaking another time. (Managed to fix that in the field), was able to keep fishing and got a few carp. I tried shooting from my kayak (never seemed to work for me). The only success I had was from standing a bit higher on shore or standing in the water. Overall great fishing trip, and fun bow!

 

[ilovesprig]

Oops forgot to report on new bow/fishing. The PSE rtf (ready to fish) set up I got wasnt bad. I did make quite a few mistakes which resulted in a destring, and my arrow safety ring breaking another time. (Managed to fix that in the field), was able to keep fishing and got a few carp. I tried shooting from my kayak (never seemed to work for me). The only success I had was from standing a bit higher on shore or standing in the water. Overall great fishing trip, and fun bow!

Heather,

Where did you bow fish?....Lake Henshaw is loaded with carp.

 

[Littlmama]

Oh cool, I haven't tried Henshaw yet. Ill look into that and go check it out. Thank you

 

[Littlmama]

A friend of mine took my son and I out on his boat last weekend. Shot some carp. This was my sons first carp shot with a bow. I think his smile says it all..fun day!

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[HortoTheSlayer]

A friend of mine took my son and I out on his boat last weekend. Shot some carp. This was my sons first carp shot with a bow. I think his smile says it all..fun day!

Super cool! He's a good shot!

 

[ilovesprig]

Outstanding, Heather...The thrill of victory...….

 

[MAG 1]

A friend of mine took my son and I out on his boat last weekend. Shot some carp. This was my sons first carp shot with a bow. I think his smile says it all..fun day!

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LOVE THAT SMILE CONGRATS

 

[Designed2Hunt]

That's a trophy fish right there. Congrats!

 

[Lungpopper]

That’s awesome. He’s hooked.

 

[longbowhunter2]

iguanas

 

[Littlmama]

Bow is working well, still a few carp out this am. from shore, but deff slow

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[longbowhunter2]

Bow is working well, still a few carp out this am. from shore, but deff slow

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well done Littlemama I going to have to try this