[SaLtY dAwG]

been shoot 75lbs on my black eagle as of late.. we have been shoot deeper water but once we hit the shallow 3ft of water I don't have any problems with pass thrus since the bottom of the river stops the arrow...

 

[Desperado]

40# on my Osprey.

 

[mudfish]

34 for big and 26 for numbers.
Talon or Osprey.

 

[Smokinfeathers]

on soft carp and buffs a 45lb recurve is fine most of the time, but if you are shooting long or deeper shots it runs out of gas quick. I have to shoot a 60lb recurve on big fish to stick as good as a 40lb cuda. my lever bows are set at 37-40 and i will use them on anything around, but tend to turn up the weight shooting rolling gg if im not using a stick bow.

 

[archertoo]

54# longbow

 

[kuger]

60 lbs all the time

 

[Back22]

50# Parker

 

[lukrativ]

50 lbs for longer range

 

[DMC]

What works for me.

But hey what the hell do I know.

 

[crfishhunter]

38 to40 on my ospray

 

[kuger]

What works for me.

But hey what the hell do I know.

x2!!LOL!

 

[Doug]

27# on my lake bow and have shot several big buffs with no problem. My river bow is about 38# and its plenty on big gg.

 

[Redtick]

It really depends on the bow, and the conditions, obviously. That's why you see guys respond to this with such a wide range of weights. It really depends on your bow. My Oneida is about 30, and if I went much higher it would be overkill for anything up here in Michigan. A slower compound might not have enough kinetic energy at 30 pounds and you might need to crank it up to 35 or 40. And, as mentioned make sure your bow is tuned. Sometimes I wonder if you guys pulling 50+ have well-tuned bows, that would bury my arrow in the mud and cattails on every shot here (Notwithstanding gator gar and California armored carp shooters, of course lol).

 

[DMC]

Only guys with bows set at 30lbs and under can tune a bow. Some of us don't shoot those ballistic missle throwing 20 lbs bows so we need those 70lbs just to equal there KE.

Different areas need different things. Wild concept I know.

 

[Team HBC]

I have one of my Fire Eagles set at 42 for tournaments/boat shooting and one set at factory 50 lbs. for wading/bank shooting to get to the fish out far and deep. With a Kingfisher, it is night and day between a 45# and 50# bow. The 50 is WAY faster and hard hitting. I had problems with 45 but not the 50 penetrating fish when I use to shoot them. What bow/poundage you use depends on how you shoot your fish. Guys mentioning shooting in the 20 lb. range is something I could never do, but it works for them.

 

[lespaul8806]

About 55 outta an aeroforce. Works good for what i do

 

[kuger]

Only guys with bows set at 30lbs and under can tune a bow. Some of us don't shoot those ballistic missle throwing 20 lbs bows so we need those 70lbs just to equal there KE.

Different areas need different things. Wild concept I know.

Yep,damn,I need one of these "pro's",to show me how to tune my bow I guess!!!Dave,could you pitch in to have one flown out here?

 

[teamshockerMN]

My osprey is right at 40# and my aero force is at 50#, I've personally seen a 45# kingfisher plug holes and land pigs of commons and shoot decent buffs from 2"-4' of water but pull offs happen no matter what the case

 

[RPbwhntfsh]

38 lbs outta my Black Eagles and 25 from the old Disco. On the Illinois for Silvers and grassies this still usually gets pass throughs. I use a quick draw and tune the hell out of it until it shoots perfect, makes all the difference IMHO.

 

[TXBA]

It really depends on the bow, and the conditions, obviously. That's why you see guys respond to this with such a wide range of weights. It really depends on your bow. My Oneida is about 30, and if I went much higher it would be overkill for anything up here in Michigan. A slower compound might not have enough kinetic energy at 30 pounds and you might need to crank it up to 35 or 40. And, as mentioned make sure your bow is tuned. Sometimes I wonder if you guys pulling 50+ have well-tuned bows, that would bury my arrow in the mud and cattails on every shot here (Notwithstanding gator gar and California armored carp shooters, of course lol).

i take crazy long shots....u need poundage for that...but it doesnt mean you have to full draw on every fish either...so thats why my bow is set at 55....