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Post by ArcherAndy on Feb 25, 2012 17:20:25 GMT -5
This was my first carp with a bow a couple summers back when Shootnfish (Troy) took me out for my first bowfishing trip on his boat. It was a 10 1/2 lb common carp taken from Monroe Reservoir which is average for there. The biggest I have seen taken there was 18 lbs shot by Shootnfish (Troy).
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Post by ArcherAndy on Feb 25, 2012 17:24:45 GMT -5
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Post by ArcherAndy on Feb 25, 2012 17:30:29 GMT -5
Here was my largest Asian Bighead from the Ohio River last summer. It also weighed 43 lbs and required a secondary shot as well as a gaff to get this hog into the boat. These are very powerful fish and typically very spooky. Most of my bowfishing on the Ohio River is done under the darkness of night, however this Bighead surfaced a bit too close to my boat for his own good shortly after sun up and we managed to get off a shot. It was a great way to finish off a night of bowfishing on the river.
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Post by B-rad on Feb 25, 2012 18:01:00 GMT -5
Those are some hogs!! nice!!
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Post by Greenedog on Feb 25, 2012 19:22:57 GMT -5
Wow! Those are some whoppers! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by raisinstriper on Feb 27, 2012 16:11:32 GMT -5
Wholly sh...... Enjoyed the post.
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Post by ArcherAndy on Feb 27, 2012 17:52:14 GMT -5
Thanks guys! With spring right around the corner, I hope to add some more pictures.
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Post by captshootnfish on Feb 29, 2012 20:43:50 GMT -5
Don't let him fool you, that was photo shopped. Na really I was there they were good size fish.
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Post by Brian on Mar 1, 2012 0:43:37 GMT -5
What do you do with the common carp that you shoot? Seems like a shame to shoot them if you aren't using them in some way.
I understand killing asian carp and other invasive species or grass carp if the pond owner wants them removed.
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Post by ArcherAndy on Mar 1, 2012 20:33:35 GMT -5
I agree with you. Although I do not eat my carp, I compost them and use them as organic fertilizer for my 60' x 100' garden. The American Indians used fish as natural fertilizer to grow crops as well due to their nutritional value that they apply to the soil and into the plants as the fish decompose. My green beans flourish using carp compost. My wife and I pressure can our green beans and in the past two years we have canned around 230 quarts of fresh organically fertilized home grown green beans and about 50 pints of seasoned stewed tomatoes. I use it for other plants too like my pepper plants. With 12-12-12 fertilizer costing around $15 a bag, using carp compost is a much more economical. Troy (Shootnfish) has his garden soil looking almost black it is so rich, but he had been bowfishing longer than I have too. Carp compost will flat out make a garden grow like gangbusters.
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Post by ArcherAndy on Mar 1, 2012 20:38:28 GMT -5
Shootnfish. Post up some pictures if you can. I have some pictures of you that I took, but I didn't want to post them without your permission. I think I emailed you all of my pictures too. Post away. Team Shootnfish is in the house ya'll !!!!!!!!
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Post by Brian on Mar 2, 2012 2:49:00 GMT -5
Sounds like a good use for the carp to me. Might give it a try in my garden this year if I get into some carp at all this summer. Not much better than fresh vegetables from the garden in the summer months. And the winter months for you since you can them too. Looking forward to more pictures from you soon.
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Post by bubbagill on Mar 2, 2012 11:25:23 GMT -5
Those pic are sweet. Good to hear they help the garden grow. I bet this is not only fun but prolly helps to make you a much better archer if you deer hunted also.
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Post by captshootnfish on Mar 7, 2012 17:54:57 GMT -5
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Post by ArcherAndy on Mar 7, 2012 23:15:11 GMT -5
Oh yeah! Good times!
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