As of now i have some 35ish lb bands in my slingbow they seem to shoot arrows pretty good. Dont know if its neccessary to upgrade to some 50lb bands or if the 35lbers would be suitable for shooting average size fish

 

35 will do fine, unless targeting big gator gar we shoot 35-40lbs and that weight will get you a 200lb gator gar as well.

 

40 or 35 and a 60 on the oneida

 

50 pounds and thats overkill. I plan to shoot a better bow and 45 pounds this year out of my Innerlock pro

 

30 lbs with no let-off modules on my compound.. 50 lbs with my recurve.

 

You...Don't...Shoot...A...RECURVE...ANY More!:nk::laugh:op:

 

Here ya go about 3 pages of the same question...
http://bow.fishingcountry.com/forum...com/forums/showthread.php?1268-What-draw-weight-do-you-Shoot&highlight=poundage

 

Haha thanks guess i shoulda searched it first. Guess i might just have to try both weights and see how they work!

 

We shoot 25-27 lbs on about all of our bows. Deepest we go is about 7 ft of water. Of course, we shoot a lot of shallow water here in Arkie land. In those cases, about 20 lbs is all you would ever need.

 

32-35 pounds is what I shoot at with my Osprey.

 

26 pounds on my Ospreys.

 

Between 50 and 70. It feels strange to shoot light poundage.

 

37.

 

29# with my Disco, 64# recurve

 

I shoot 40

 

40 # on my AMS

 

Just wait till Kuger find this. lol
I think he shoots 80 or 90lb. jk

 

I heard that also. lol

 

Carver dont self sacrifice yourself,these guys are ruthless!I am a glutton,so I am the lamb!

Hey Carver,I swear it was you guys shooting Dorn/Soda Bay last year.We had swarms of fish all 12' and deeper all day both days,and we couldnt get the ones we hit in the boat,but couldnt find any fish anywhere else so stayed....was that you guys?

 

Carver dont self sacrifice yourself,these guys are ruthless!I am a glutton,so I am the lamb!Hey Carver,I swear it was you guys shooting Dorn/Soda Bay last year.We had swarms of fish all 12' and deeper all day both days,and we couldnt get the ones we hit in the boat,but couldnt find any fish anywhere else so stayed....was that you guys?

Too late he done did with that 70 lbs bounces of the head BS.

 

I like the arrow go through the fish. Barbs hold better.
Especialy if it's a tourney fish so I'm pull'n around 60lbs most of the time.

 

26lbs on oneida.

 

I dont think you guys are getting how deep these particular fish we are talking about are?Maybe the fish in Dorn were deeper?I dont know?All I know is even at 70lbs we couldnt get arrows to stay in them.I am just using that instance as an example because it still haunts me to this day.I still wish some of you Eastern guys would come out and give it a go with your "bows".You pick the water

 

You guys can call BS all you want. You talk to any of the guys that shot there. Kuger knows. All you guys can come over here with you little kids bows and see how well you do. You wont even get the arrows to the fish except maybe when its free falling. Even the fish closer to the surface are tough. If it was an all out spawn, then your kiddy bows might work. Then what makes it even tougher is the fish are spooky as hell so what is up to the top is long shots. Your kids bows have a place. Just not over here. You can try if you want, but will soon be shooting a mans size bow. LOL
There you go OBG Have fun with that one. LOL STIR STIR STIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

That was you guys then,I thought I recognized the Platform.We were in the black Stryker,with the folding platform....seems like I asked how you guys were doing and you ignored me!!!:laugh::spank:
My partner hit one well over the Big Fish for the weekend and did just what you described.They were thick in there though....periodically!

 

a 45lb bow tuned perfectly could stick one of those carp. i know so because i have a 33lb bow and i stuck a catfish 8ft deep.

 

With all do respect Owni,no it wont....I assure you,my bows are tuned,and I have tried:tu:

 

40#

 

18lb talon...

 

Hate to do this, but I'm with Carver. We shoot 70lbs out of our boat and have an 80lb'er on hand as a backup if we get into some real deep or hard fish....like the Snake River at the Idaho State Championship last year.

 

When we shot the Tri City shoot with you guys last year. We went to the Mouth of the Yakima and the fish were on the edge of the drop off into the Columbia. They were all deep cruisers. We had a heck of a time keeping fish on there also. Also the Columbia river fish up there seam to be tougher skinned. They got a little softer towards the end of the summer though. It was sure a nice change shooting the shallow water fish at Boardman. Until the second day. We got into a spot on the south edge that the fish were using as a highway. We just sat ther and all the fish were schooling in 20-30 fish per school at about 4-8 feet down. Non stop shooting and tons of missing, but was fun as hell.

 

My partner shoots a Black Widow Recurve at 50# @ 28" with about a 29" draw. His arrows will not even come close to getting the penetration as my Pse did. I shot an Oneida last year at 42# and could stick fish deeper and further from the boat then he could even think of sticking. I seen him bounce an arrow off a fishes head with out the barbs going in with a 3 prong grapple. It killed the fish and it sank and I shot it off the bottom. I had no faith in a recurve after that.