05-09-2012, 07:32 PM
Eastern WA, in a small town called Ephrata. About 20 miles north of Moses Lake (also pretty small town but a bit bigger).
I used a friends spare bow, it was an old recurve bow, and it had some kind of light weight nylon rope tied to the arrow. I think it slowed the arrow considerably. It was pretty ghetto but fun. I'd say the deepest I could frequently kill carp was probably 2-3 feet of water. Occasionally I could get them in deeper water... Sometimes I would hit the fish but it didnt have enough momentum and wouldnt puncture them deep enough to pull them in. My dad and one of his buddies still carp hunt pretty regular up there in WA.
If I had a boat I think I would probably get into it, but it seems like it might be pretty difficult to have any success bowfishing lake mead from the shore. I did just get a canoe, but I have never owned one and I'm not sure my balance is good enough to draw a bow whilst standing in a canoe lol.
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I used a friends spare bow, it was an old recurve bow, and it had some kind of light weight nylon rope tied to the arrow. I think it slowed the arrow considerably. It was pretty ghetto but fun. I'd say the deepest I could frequently kill carp was probably 2-3 feet of water. Occasionally I could get them in deeper water... Sometimes I would hit the fish but it didnt have enough momentum and wouldnt puncture them deep enough to pull them in. My dad and one of his buddies still carp hunt pretty regular up there in WA.
If I had a boat I think I would probably get into it, but it seems like it might be pretty difficult to have any success bowfishing lake mead from the shore. I did just get a canoe, but I have never owned one and I'm not sure my balance is good enough to draw a bow whilst standing in a canoe lol.
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