Nope, no boobs in this one, I'll leave that to Marcus. What you are going to see when you click the link is nothing less than the most amazing fishing action video you have ever seen.
Forget oversize Marlin, forget tough-as-nails salmon in Alaska, forget large Golden trout in Rocky Mountain streams, you ain't seen nuttin' yet, bro.
How about going after a fish with the speed or a dorado or wahoo, weighing up to 50#, that can jump 20 feet out of the water and tail walk for several seconds?
Now, how about leaving your pole behind and going after them with a compound bow, to hit them on the fly as they jump near or into your boat? How about doing it at night, using "tracer" arrows? How about having to physically dodge more of the piscine missiles than you will ever shoot at?
You get one on, and you still have to fight it with the reel attached to your bow, so you don't have an engineered pole with backbone, you have just the reel and it's drag and your arms.
Amazing!
This river is either the Mississippi, or a direct tributary somewhere in northwestern Illinois, probably near Moline.
Safety is NOT paramount, as these adrenaline junkies going after the Asian Silver Carp, an invasive species, often boat in fleets, and have to shoot across each other's lines of travel. The arrows don't have much range, though. Another danger is getting hit by the fish, which jump whenever a boat passes. Reports say that people have been killed on the river when they are flashing along in a speedboat and a carp takes them out at high speed.
These are NOT your father's lazy river carp, which we all gigged or shot with bow and arrow, or .22 rifles as kids. These fish are BULLETS, but they are GOOD TO EAT!
Some fish WERE harmed during the shooting of this video. Too bad, PETA.
Hat Tip to that Hun driver....
Haven't been fishing in far too long ... but this video got the blood RUSHING!!!!!! And within an hour or so drive from my house! Thanks a lot, now I have to go and learn how to bowfish! After I wipe the drool off my keyboard.
Posted by: Guy S. | June 09, 2007 at 12:16