Video 2

This is a video of me shooting my HUNTING bow with a 70 lbs of draw weight, my bowfishing bow is set at 50lbs, this is a comparison.

Video

The first thing I show in This video is the ams arrow. I then go to the Muzzy arrow rest. Last I show is the ams retriever pro reel, this is all on my Browning ambush bow.

Interview!

For my interview i asked my buddy Jay Schuster a couple of questions, I asked him because he has been bowfishing for 5 years now if not longer, and he has all the nicest and most high end equiptment. So here they are:
Question 1: What is Bowfishing?
Answer 1: Bowfishing is recreational sport that uses a hunting bow and a fishing type reel with the line attached to the arrow of the bow.
Question 2: Why do you bowfish?
Answer 2: I bowfish because it helps control the Carp population and it give me a huge adrenaline rush and is something to do while hunting season is out.
Question 3: When is the best time to bowfish?
Answer 3: Out of all the times and places i have been out I personally think the best time to go is in the night because fish come up into the shallows because that is where the warm water is and they all mostly sleep on their side.
Question 4: Who do you usually go with?
Answer 4: Just good friends, not that many people i know bowfish.
Question 5: Where do you go?
Answer 5: Secret lakes usually and In riverbays.
Question 6: Whats the most you have gotten in one night?
Answer 6: Id have to say we filled 2 55gallon drums which is about 110 fish.
Question 7: What is the worst you have done?
Answer 7: There have been times i have went to creeks in the daytime and not seen a single thing.
Question 8: What do you do with the fish?
Answer 8: I usually dump them in a river, but some people will grind them up and put them in a garnden for fertalizer.
Question 9: What kind of fish can you shoot?
Answer 9: Any Rough fish, which is carp, gar, catfish, suckers, dogfish and basically any bottom feeders.
Question 10: Out of your years bowfihing, how many fish do you think you have shot?
Answer 10: Id have to say over 3000.

Secret lakes

Since it is past the second weekend into May, the carp have been turning up all over Muzzy and AMS facebook sites, i say this because they get at least 3 pictures a night from bowfishing from Minnesota. Most of which were an hours drive from the the Metro area. But they did ok, now when i looked deeper into the pictures by doing a little facebook creeping and i have found a group of guys that have filled there 55 gallon drum all 5 times they have been out so far! And they names there pictures 'Secret Lake' so carp are out there you just gotta find the right place and time to nail them!

Carp not so shallow!

The MN DNR came out with an announcement to all bowfishers that the carp are still not going to the warm shallows! What they mean by that is this: Carp stay in deeper water in the daytime to avoid preditors and other things, But in the night time they move into the shallow water to rest or sleep because it is warmer in the shallow water (they usually move so their top fin is sticking out of the water about half inch on a calm night and night weather conditions). BUT because of all this Minnesota cold weather the carp are no where near the shallow water, which means no one can see the carp at night and if they do they are to deep to shoot. The DNR estimated that by the 3rd weekend in May all carp should have moved to the shallows at night making shooting alot better and simpler.

Flooded Fields bowfishing opener

As most of you know Bowfishing opener is long gone and over, it was May 1st. We went on the Mississippi river in Clearwater and expected to do very well, Well to our surprise it was terrible.... i say this because we were out till 4am in the freezing cold(32 degrees) with gusts of wind up to 30 mph. We went into the shallows where we expected to see alot of carp. And to our surprise got only about 20 shots off each the entire night! We got a total of 5 carp on out boat with the biggest weighing only 12lbs. The river was very high that night and we were mostly in flooded fields and parks or up in the low ground with the trees. I expected a good night and all i got was sick for 4 days. Lets get this weather warmed up Minnesota.