[archerholic]

I keep my bows around 30# for customers. I may shoot 35# on avg. on my personal bow. In the areas that I shoot if you shoot more than 35# you will spend most of the night digging arrows out of the ground. A long shot might be 15 ft. A deep shot might be 3 feet.

 

[jsmith.ownagegar]

26# on my oneida blackeagle/stealth

 

[SaLtY dAwG]

We have never shot at night. We have always shot day shoots. Day shooting is a whole different deal then shooting at night. Dang I might even hit something if I shot at night. LOL
Salty are you going to shoot Or. and Wa. this year?

we have noticed at night the fish are all shot very close in shallow water on the Snake so no need to pound you arrow into the mud or hardpan. really the area of the snake I shoot is nothing like C.J. at all, you wouldn't get away with running a fiberglass boat or a prop outboard just to skinny... but for the day shooting we still need to crank them up because they hang out right off the channel about 6ft deep and the onces in the shallows will not give us those 10ft close shots..

I really want to shoot some other shoots in WA , OR and UT but I'm throwing down 10K on a new custom Hull and Trailer...lol... and with all the added shooters the IBA added I don't know if I can swing them all...?

 

[BADHABITBOWFISHING]

45# recurve

 

[DMC]

If I was to shoot at carp in Ca. I would shoot bows set from 45-75. But I suck so it doesn't really matter what I would shoot.

 

[Pescar]

40# and 60#

 

[Throughthegills]

If I was to shoot at carp in Ca. I would shoot bows set from 45-75. But I suck so it doesn't really matter what I would shoot.

I keep hearing about these bad ass armor plated California carp.Anybody got any actual pictures of these legendary impenetrable fish?:cf:

 

[fishstick]

shoot around 45-55 pounds up here....fast flowing river fish often 3-5 feet deep.

 

[kuger]

I keep hearing about these bad ass armor plated California carp.Anybody got any actual pictures of these legendary impenetrable fish?:cf:

One thing I can tell you TTG is we dont shoot at night like you guys do.I used to,and remember the fish being much shallower.
If you dont know DMC and his partner have won the Clear Lake shoot,more than any body,I can recall....that is doing something!!!

 

[Throughthegills]

One thing I can tell you TTG is we dont shoot at night like you guys do.I used to,and remember the fish being much shallower.
If you dont know DMC and his partner have won the Clear Lake shoot,more than any body,I can recall....that is doing something!!!

Yeah I've heard that.I also chuckle every time he refers to himself as a dumb ass prune picker.You know me,I just got to keep this stirrin stick working or else I get bored.

 

[DMC]

TTG, I don't know how hard they are compared to a lot of places. But the high poundage works for us. I think daytime and depth have a lot to do with it. If you were shooting point blank at night with the fins out I can fully understand the low stuff. I may be right or wrong but I did sleep in a Holiday inn once and that is pretty good for a prune picker like me.

 

[Throughthegills]

Yeah.It's clear here too and we shoot lots of deep stuff.The angles are a whole bunch different and that's why y'all need more weight.Usually at night you can get right on top of a fish and shoot down.That don't take near as much draw weight.I know some people wont believe it but I've killed lots of fish that were over 6 feet deep with a 25lb bow and fish 8 feet deep with a 40 lb bow.Most generally during the day shots are farther.That's the kind of fishin I cut my teeth on.Truth be known,I've hit craploads of fish with an 80 lb bow and had the arrow bounce off of them.I have a lot of people snowed into thinking all the fish I shoot at are shallow.They're not.Well some are but a pretty good percentage of them aren't.If I can reach them they better get the hell out of Dodge lol.No it don't take nearly as much talent to shoot a deep fish out from under your feet as it does to shoot deep ones that are a ways out there.It's all pretty gravy tho once you get the hang of it.

 

[kuger]

:laugh:

 

[sticknmofish]

Come on gilly we don't have any clear water around here it just a fig newton of your imagination.

 

[Throughthegills]

Come on gilly we don't have any clear water around here it just a fig newton of your imagination.

It sure didn't seem like we ever did through all that flood crap we had.Hopefully we'll be safe again this year.What are we now like 14' below normal?

 

[KY Bighead]

Just give it time and Cali will make it illegal to own a bow that can shoot over 40#'s!! It'll be deemed "too dangerous"!!

 

[TCCIII]

45-47#....Oneida Strike Eagle

 

[DMC]

Just give it time and Cali will make it illegal to own a bow that can shoot over 40#'s!! It'll be deemed "too dangerous"!!

We have enough do nothing do gooders that they might just demand that carp be put on the endangerd species list. When Democrats totally run the show this is what you get. If I offended any Democrats well tough your our problem out here. Plain and simple. But I am still going to shoot 70+lbs with armor percing tips even if they are illegal. I just call them mexican tips and they let me go.

 

[Stoney15130]

37lbs

 

[bowcarp]

tell you what after being around here since the bfusa days not including shooting for fun this is what I "think" I have learned "right or wrong" if I shot the poundage and style I use up here I would got my azz handed to me on a platter down south in a tourney but I'll gaurentee southern style wont work up north thats just the way it is , its regional YA GET IT people learn what works where they are at DUH! :cheers::cheers: dang just realised its 6:20 and I'm 1/2 in the bag :cheers::cheers: time to take it all the way