Are you shooting with slides?

 

Not sure but as with anything bow or gun, nothing is a given. If you have re-tuned the rest, tried different stiffness of arrows, and it still won't work, try a different rest. I had a loaner bow that for the life of me I could not get it to tune with a $44 Quick Draw, threw on a $15 Muzzy and it was shooting bullet holes after a few adjustments. Also if using a white shaft... they flex a lot out of a higher poundage bow, a stiffer shaft will always tune easier. Good luck.

 

You wouldn't have that problem if you bought an osprey. Still curious as to why people spend the money on em? :laugh:
A different rest throws everything out of sorts, what worked with one may not for the other and will require a little tweaking and tuning, Moving the nock high or low on the string. Any compounds I've tuned seem do better 1/8" high VS true center.

 

I'll try a stiffer arrow really don't want to move nocking point because I'm using a deloop

 

You can fine tune moving the rest up and down though if you don't want to move DLoop... use electrical tape to mark a spot 1/32 up or down and move rest to that spot. That way you have a reference point without guessing and then rest moves when you tighten, etc.

 

Most rigs I've set up end up being nock high 1/8 to 1/4" on the string relative to the rest, may help you may not. You'll have to tinker with it.

 

I've even ended up as high as 1/2" nock high

 

Keep moving the nock point up until it shoots bullet holes. It'll happen, just takes time.

What poundage are you shooting? I started off with a 65lb hunting bow and a release...it was a disaster...

 

it sounds like you may be shooting a lot of weight???? a arrow should come out of a bow nock high slightly if you are practicing with a bare arrow and preparing to shoot a spinner. if your shooting a ams bottle it will tune different too. need to realize these fiberglass arrows are 14-1500gr and have a ton of flex launching off a rest especially with heavier poundage. if you want to leave the D-loop then try dropping the rest down to where the arrow is running down hill pretty hard 5/16-3/8". this will let the arrow tip flex and as the arrow recovers the lower rest will be out of the way and not kick the nock high.

 

We could see some nice carp and a few buffs out about 25 to 30 feet they were 3 to 4 ft. or more deep and most times the arrow would plane over them even if shoot 3 to 4 feet back on side next to me I have a arrow I,m thinking about trying tomorrow it,s 5/16 cold roll pretty heavy what other solutions to deeper fish that's out that far probably have to up the poundage some I have run to this before with deeper fish out a ways the fiber glass arrows are terrible for plaining out in these conditions.

 

Yep most bows shoot nock high. If it was me I would buy a second bow even If it was $50 yard sale bow. I would never put the abuse of bowfishing on a bow I was planning on taking out in the woods. If you got the money pick up any of the bows made specifically for bowfishing if you don't have the money save for a yard sale or pawn shop bow. You will be much happier with a second bow you can tinker with without worrying about

 

What he said. Get a cheap yard sale, pawn shop bow or fleabay bow if you don't want to spend on a bowfishing specific bow just yet. Buying one 40# or lower would be ideal but not necessarily a must.

 

I hooked line to safty slide and shot bow arrows are shooting better I want to thank every one for the help thanks guys

 

Buy a bow square. Start at 1/4-3/8" high. If you don't have a square you're just guessing. As far as spine goes, I've found, as a general rule, that if your shooting 0-40lbs fiberglass works best, 40-55 carbon spined, and 55+ full carbon. I've seen a ton of guys that go out an buy a full carbon arrow because they think that they think quality is reflected in price. However, they were only shooting 40 lbs and it was just too high spined for the bow. Horrible arrow flight.

 

What is suggested lb. range for the bow with very stiff arrows??

 

I believe that you're going to need to be 50+ to make a full carbon arrow like the RPM Matrix fly correctly. There are a couple things that you can do to effect spine (stiffness). Shortening the arrow adds stiffness, adding weight to the tip reduces spine. So if your on the boarder of having your bow heavy enough to shoot the arrow well you can add weight and it will reduce the spine.