It's just the right time in Il to get out. Let's go! Gotta get the boat ready.
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Ok. Let hit the stinky ole slough
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This is the place. Lot of people in the area but they don't know the treasure that is close by. Can you tell where we are?
There's a nasty ole slough off the main lake. Let's head there.
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lookin good so far.
My bowfishing buddy, Tom Maul scouts out the canal leading to the slough. A few gar and buffalo cruisin the canal off the main lake.
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:)
Tell Tom to hurry up and change his shirt, those light colors spook a lot of fish where I bowfish. It looks like he's holding the bow in the wrong hand too! I hope to get out this weekend coming up.
awesome stuff love to give that a go! looking forward to the rest
Tom is a lefty and a good shot to boot. We have our cloud camo on :) . The fish see us in white and think it's a cloud.
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Where are those fish?
Way to start off the day!
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The water is up from all the rain we have had. The slough is full and we have all afternoon. Ah, Here is where we want to be.....
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Tom connects again on a gar.
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Carlyle or Waterloo. Right? Tell me when you want a companion.
Not Carlyle or Waterloo. There is a clue in one of the pics.
Tom lets me man the bow and I connect... There were lots of fish working but they were kinda spooky. We pulled up the motors and took turns paddling and pushng the boat with a paddle. Stealth mode
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... Nice fish anyways. Good luck.
A pretty good gar lies up in the weeds. We were by him before I spotted 'em
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Tom gets a good one!
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Way to go, John! Is that the Arch I see in one of those pics?
Yes it is Brad. We are within 5 miles of the Arch. Don't say the name of the lake if you know where we are. Don't want any more competition than necessary. :)
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I don't know the name of it John, but maybe I'll try to put the screws to Maul and get him to tell me when I see him next week at Rend Lake! Are you going?
If I go it will just for the day. Don't know if I will bring the boat although Tom and I got into some with the boat last year when the water was up. I will warn Tom that you will be trying to steal our secret spot :)
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That's all I got folks. We shot several carp and buffalo also and had a few misses along the way. Just a great day on the slough. The mud, blood, stink and slime of bowfishing. Back to the dock we go...........
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Looks like Horseshoe Lake to me.