Any Bowfishermen puting a dent in the egg sucking bottom feeder population yet? any tips or  estimated spawning Times will be appriciated. I live in NE Ohio early june should be hot!  Mike  

Check this thread out.

http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=045563

Yeah, put a few down at the local lake last Sunday just wading the shore.  Weather permitting, I'll get the boat out this weekend.  Some spawning still going on here; look for water temps around 65 deg and hit the shallows.

I keep trying and missing.  Not seeing many carp but seeing 12-20 gar an outing.  Just cant seem to make perfect shots.

Phil

I shot a bunch last Sunday that were spawning here in central Illinois. Had a blast! Figured I'd relax for a fun couple hours of bowfishing, and after 30 minutes I already had more than I wanted to clean. I guess I hit it just right.

I had this up on the daily hunt pics thread...

This is my favorite time of the year for carp. Don't know why but right now around my area it seems the big ol females are up in the shallows feeding heavy for the upcoming spawn! Don't see alot but what you see are awesome. Went last night and shot one grass carp that was 47" long and 27 1/2" girth and bottomed out my weight scale at 28lbs and still had about a third of the fish on the ground! Awesome evening.

Any of you eat Carp?  How do you fix them?
I know the old carp board receipe  :D

Does this one count?

YIKES!

How much did that weigh "on fire"?

NICE PIC!!

Wow Charlie!! Nice Grassie.

OK, You WIN!!!!!!!!!! Nice fish!!!!!!!!!!

Shot some yesterday morning. Still kinda early around here but I found a spot where water flows over a dike in a large flooding and the carp were trying to cross it. When I first walked up to the spot I could see dozens of carp but after shooting a few the rest headed for deeper water. They appeared to be all males, the females come in later than the males and are MUCH larger.
 

 

34# 15 oz.  We saw some alot bigger but dark skies and wind make it hard to see them before they see you.  Here's a common.


Charlie

Didn't do any good turkey huntin' this morning so my Youngest (Damon) and I grabbed the canoe and headed for some flooded backwaters. Had a pretty good 2 hours worth. Shot 9 gar and 2 carp, also missed several.

Heck Charlie, that one counts as two!

Dennis

Way to go Damon!  

Damon, great job!  
Charlie

Went out fri evening and saturday.  Fished the flood waters on the Platte River.  Didn't have have a boat so walked the levees that had water running over them in places.  Only saw gar.  Killed one 2 1/2' gar.  Didn't see any carp or buffalo.  Where do you suppose they werer?

Water was too muddy and the fish had to be on the very top breaking water otherwise I was shooting low and in front of the wake they were making.  Most of the gar were hammer handles. Real hard to get an arrow into.

i was gonna say that it was about 30-35 lbs...
and besides, thats a little squirt. we shot one last year that was 4 feet long and 65lbs, he was a fun one alright...

Oh boy can't wait I just ordered a strap on Traditional mount for my bow from 3-Rivers. Frank