Texas bowfishing

[carpwarrior]

I just got back from Texas , hooked up with a guy from mudshark, Jscope is his name, he took me to Ray Roberts lake north of Dallas , shot some good gar average was 5 lbs, long nose , these were my first gar, shot alot of commons average was 12lbs , the water was real mudy we had to shoot a the v"s and that was hard , i did get a shot on an gator gar , he was about 15 yards a way and broad side to me , but mr arrow did not stick , i was shootin 40 lbs on my bow , he was about a 4or 5 footer. but i had a blast, i missed 2 good 20 lbs long nose gar , i was to anxious so i blew it . i am definetly going back some day

[Caribou Dreamer2]

Congrats sound like you had a good time.Maybe you will get that gator next time

[Ðe§perado™]

Glad you had a great time. Hope we have a better time at the classic.

[carpwarrior]

desperado we will have a good one at the classic

[Ðe§perado™]

We need to get together and stick some pigs here soon!!

[carpwarrior]

as soon as we can, we will my work is overwhelming right now, it doesnt look like i am going to be able to go turkey hunting , and that sucks

[george tinkham]

i love shooting at v's

[george tinkham]

> > > > > >>>v's like this

[Lunker]

Did you get to try any gar fixed up Texan style. I guess its good.

[george tinkham]

hmmmmm,i never heard of texans eatin gar

[carpwarrior]

i shure didnt, time we got done shootin it was 3:45am and i had work at 7:ooam . there was no time to clean and eat them

[george tinkham]

thet just tossed em on the bank...smelly,flies everywhere

[carpwarrior]

no george, jscope kept the fish , so what happend to them i dont know , knowing him theyare in his garden

[Ðe§perado™]

To some people down south gar and carp are the best fish to eat....They even serve them in some restaurants down there.

[carpwarrior]

well jscope is a city slicker, and i dont think he is much on carp, but who knows

[Lunker]

i wouldnt try carp unless Its out of a crystal trout stream and I cleaned/ smoked it. I do have gar backstraps in my freezer now.

[george tinkham]

maybe in china town in houston

[Ðe§perado™]

I might try one this year. Just have to make sure you get the mud vain out of the meat.:p

[george tinkham]

i have filleted many of them for carpeaters but never had the guts to sit down and eat one...

[carpwarrior]

hel if your hungry enough youll eat any thing , dog , cats, snake, rat, bushy tails aint nothin but a big ratt they are in the same family

[george tinkham]

i think muh uncle pill was a carpeater...ate lots of turtle too...YUK

[ohioguy]

gar meat is some of the best fish you will eat. i sold a bunch of our gar to a fish market a couple of years back and made 400 dollars.they are just a real pain to clean. on the big ones we used a circular saw and tin snipps. any how take them and bread them in corn meal and red pepper and deep fry them. i also have a guy that i gave him a fillet nearly 6 ft long and he chopped it up and made gar chowder out of some of it. it was prettty good. and by the way carpwarrior whenever you decide to go again let me know and i will tell you where you can shoot some big ones. tracy

[carpwarrior]

thanks Tracy , Jscope from mud shark took me out , i think he just got into the sport , he had a hard time using his trolling motor, but it was my first Texas shoot , but not my last

[Ðe§perado™]

We will have to plan a trip for next year to go.

[george tinkham]

carp warrior don't git me wrong,no attack...many fishermen catch gar,carp an bowfin and just throw them on the bank...

[Ðe§perado™]

Some do, but from a trapper point of veiw it will help the raccoons and opossum get bigger and stay in the area to be trapped in the winter.

[george tinkham]

heh heh heh

[carpwarrior]

no problem George , God gave us all free will, but i understand the point , i had to be tought on what to do with me bounty, I HAVE A GARDEN ,