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NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

Goldfish wrote:I'm sick of trying to save up for am ams setup. I'm about to go bolt a coffee can to the end if my bow and wrap a string around it. Fleet farm has arrows for $5 right now

That's how I started. Also, a lot of guys use the TI20 spin cast reels. I think they are $20ish, but you need a reel seat and a rod which will run you another $25. Still half the price if the AMS though.

I have a friend that won't even think of switching to an AMS from the TI20. So I guess it's just personal preference, although I think Id probably forget to click the release and break a few lines before I got use to it.

Most of the big time tournament guys use spin cast reels. They are just faster. I bought a muzzy this year and I like it so far. If you forget to push the button your arrow just falls off when you draw. Unless you have a ton of slack line out. I like it a lot better so far.

Did you have an AMS before that?

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

Goldfish wrote:I'm sick of trying to save up for am ams setup. I'm about to go bolt a coffee can to the end if my bow and wrap a string around it. Fleet farm has arrows for $5 right now

That's how I started. Also, a lot of guys use the TI20 spin cast reels. I think they are $20ish, but you need a reel seat and a rod which will run you another $25. Still half the price if the AMS though.

I have a friend that won't even think of switching to an AMS from the TI20. So I guess it's just personal preference, although I think Id probably forget to click the release and break a few lines before I got use to it.

Most of the big time tournament guys use spin cast reels. They are just faster. I bought a muzzy this year and I like it so far. If you forget to push the button your arrow just falls off when you draw. Unless you have a ton of slack line out. I like it a lot better so far.

Did you have an AMS before that?

Yup...2 of em. The original and the pro. I hooked one up on my backup bow and one up on a bow with a 50lb draw for shooting deeper water. I still like the no drag for long, deep shots. But normal nights I generally never shoot over 10 feet so I don't worry about drag much. I just want it to be fast. Which the spinners are.

When you talk about faster are you referring to the arrow speed?

MNkid7 wrote:When you talk about faster are you referring to the arrow speed?

Reeling in and shooting again. I can bring in a missed arrow or a fish in half the time as the AMS. The arrow is actually a little slower due to some drag. That's why I'm sticking with the AMS for when I'm shooting deeper water.

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:When you talk about faster are you referring to the arrow speed?

Reeling in and shooting again. I can bring in a missed arrow or a fish in half the time as the AMS. The arrow is actually a little slower due to some drag. That's why I'm sticking with the AMS for when I'm shooting deeper water.

Ah gotcha.

Weather was better and the wind let us on the big water. Shot for almost 2 hours on the nose. Ended with 20 and with a 21 pouner.

Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

What do you guys do with them? Do you have somewhere to bring them for fertilizer? Post it on craigslist as free fish? If you do the craigslist thing, do you do it before or after you get the fish?

MNkid7 wrote:Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

Saginaw bay on the Great Lakes.

Goldfish wrote:What do you guys do with them? Do you have somewhere to bring them for fertilizer? Post it on craigslist as free fish? If you do the craigslist thing, do you do it before or after you get the fish?

These ones I'll take up north and dump in the woods because we are going up tomorrow. Usually I just burry them in the back yard or find a dumpster that someone will let me throw them in.
I've tried giving them away to farmers and they don't want them because the carp are too polluted. I've posted on Craigslist and never got any response. So I just make them go away however I can.

That sounds like a pain in the ass.

I'm strictly a catch and release bow fisherman

DeadEye_Dan wrote:I'm strictly a catch and release bow fisherman

That's what we refer to as "stick and flick"

I did a fair amount of that in college.

DeadEye_Dan wrote:I'm strictly a catch and release bow fisherman

I was. Until green jeans started handing out tickets to people that were leaving them.
Now I get my exercise digging holes.

NuffDaddy wrote:And nothing broke, all the lights lot up, and we didn't sink. And I don't forget anything important. So I'd consider it a success.

Now if only you could get a better grasp of the English language...

Woody wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:And nothing broke, all the lights lot up, and we didn't sink. And I don't forget anything important. So I'd consider it a success.

Now if only you could get a better grasp of the English language...

that was a shitshow of a post.

NuffDaddy wrote:

DeadEye_Dan wrote:I'm strictly a catch and release bow fisherman

I was. Until green jeans started handing out tickets to people that were leaving them.
Now I get my exercise digging holes.

What ya gonna do if they get off right at the boat??? Just a damned unfortunate situation. Oops.

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

Saginaw bay on the Great Lakes.

I didn't even think about the Great Lakes. Is there that bad of a carp problem out there?

DeadEye_Dan wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

DeadEye_Dan wrote:I'm strictly a catch and release bow fisherman

I was. Until green jeans started handing out tickets to people that were leaving them.
Now I get my exercise digging holes.

What ya gonna do if they get off right at the boat??? Just a damned unfortunate situation. Oops.

Might be hard to convince them that it happened 30+ times without getting one in.

The kid in the middle got nailed for it last year.

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

Saginaw bay on the Great Lakes.

I didn't even think about the Great Lakes. Is there that bad of a carp problem out there?

Yes. There is a annual 2 day tournament with 250 teams and the record was almost 1/4 million pounds of fish combined.

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

Saginaw bay on the Great Lakes.

I didn't even think about the Great Lakes. Is there that bad of a carp problem out there?

Yes. There is a annual 2 day tournament with 250 teams and the record was almost 1/4 million pounds of fish combined.

That's crazy.

It's 2 weekends away and should be great fish numbers. If the weather cooperates, there should be some big numbers put up again this year.

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

Saginaw bay on the Great Lakes.

I didn't even think about the Great Lakes. Is there that bad of a carp problem out there?

Yes. There is a annual 2 day tournament with 250 teams and the record was almost 1/4 million pounds of fish combined.

I think they should regulate carp and put a strict limit on them with a special permit only that costs $200.

Eric Haynes wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:

NuffDaddy wrote:

MNkid7 wrote:Nice! Are you on a river or lake?

Saginaw bay on the Great Lakes.

I didn't even think about the Great Lakes. Is there that bad of a carp problem out there?

Yes. There is a annual 2 day tournament with 250 teams and the record was almost 1/4 million pounds of fish combined.

I think they should regulate carp and put a strict limit on them with a special permit only that costs $200.

Please keep troll posts out of here.

Its not a troll. Carp hunters here are fucking disgusting. They leave them to rot on the sides of the road and on the banks.

There definitely should be a limit on carp. I enjoy getting a chance to go carp fishing when I want, and would be very disappointed if I didn't catch at least a few every time I go.

It's illegal to leave fish. And if they are left where other people can see them, it gives all bowfishermen a bad name...Which we don't need, because most of us are in it not only for fun but also for the good if the native species. Bowfishing has come along way in just the 4 years I've been doing it. Don't need people leaving fish around to send us back.

It's a 2 way street

rebelp74 wrote:It's a 2 way street

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