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Bowfishing is a method of fishing that utilizes specialized archery equipment to shoot and retrieve fish. Fish are shot with a barbed arrow that is attached with special line to a reel on the bow. Some freshwater species commonly bowfished for include common carp, grass carp, bighead carp, alligator gar, and paddlefish. In saltwater, rays and sharks are the species most regularly pursued. Binomial name Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a widespread freshwater fish distantly related to the common goldfish, with which it is capable of interbreeding. ...
Binomial name Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, 1844 The Grass Carp, (Ctenopharyngodon idella), also known as the White Amur, is a herbivorous, freshwater fish considered especially well suited for aquatic weed control. ...
Binomial name Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) The bighead carp is a freshwater fish, one of several Asian carps. ...
Binomial name Lepisosteus spatula Lacépède, 1803 Binomial name Atractosteus spatula Rafinesque, 1820 Synonyms // Description The Alligator Gar, (Atractosteus spatula or Lepisosteus spatula), is a gar, a category of primitive ray-finned fish. ...
Species Genus Polyodon Polyodon spathula Genus Psephurus Psephurus gladius Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are primitive Chondrostian ray-finned fishes. ...
Bowfishing Equipment
Arrows Bowfishing arrows are considerably heavier and stronger than arrows used in other types of archery and are most commonly constructed of five-sixteenth inch fiberglass, but solid aluminum, carbon fiber, and carbon fiber reinforced fiberglass are also used. Bowfishing arrows generally lack fletching, as it can cause the arrow to flair to one side or another underwater and they are not required at the relatively short ranges associated with bowfishing. Line is attached to the arrow by tying to a hole in the arrow shaft or through the use of a slide system.
Line Bowfishing line is often made from braided nylon, dacron, or spectra. Commonly used line weights range from eighty to four-hundred pound test, with six-hundred being used when bowfishing for alligators.
Reels Three types of reels are commonly used in bowfishing: Hand-wrap, spincast, and the retriever. Hand-wrap reels are the simplest reels; they consist of a circular spool that line is wrapped onto by hand and then secured in a line holding slot. When the arrow is shot the line comes free from the line holder and feeds off the spool. Fish are fought by pulling the line in hand over hand; hand-wrap reels are the least effective at fighting arrowed fish, but they can be used in conjunction with a float system to shoot and fight large trophy fish.
Bowfishing Boats Although bowfishing can be done from the shore, bowfishers most often shoot from boats. Many of these boats are highly customized specifically for bowfishing, with raised shooting platforms, and generators to provide electrical power to multiple lights for bowfishing at night. Many also incorporate some type of fan propulsion for operating in very shallow waters. The fan and motor are generally mounted on a raised platform at the stern. - VIDEO (Bowfishing Asian Carp from a Boat)
Targeted Species Freshwater Saltwater Binomial name Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) The Common carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a widespread freshwater fish distantly related to the common goldfish, with which it is capable of interbreeding. ...
Binomial name Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845) The bighead carp is a freshwater fish, one of several Asian carps. ...
Binomial name Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Richardson, 1845) The silver carp is a freshwater fish, a variety of Asian carp native to north and northeast Asia. ...
Binomial name Ctenopharyngodon idella Valenciennes, 1844 The Grass Carp, (Ctenopharyngodon idella), also known as the White Amur, is a herbivorous, freshwater fish considered especially well suited for aquatic weed control. ...
The longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus, is a gar, a type of primitive ray-finned fish. ...
Binomial name Lepisosteus spatula Lacépède, 1803 Binomial name Atractosteus spatula Rafinesque, 1820 Synonyms // Description The Alligator Gar, (Atractosteus spatula or Lepisosteus spatula), is a gar, a category of primitive ray-finned fish. ...
Species Genus Polyodon Polyodon spathula Genus Psephurus Psephurus gladius Paddlefish (family Polyodontidae) are primitive Chondrostian ray-finned fishes. ...
Binomial name Ictiobus cyprinellus (Valenciennes, 1844) The bigmouth buffalo, Ictiobus cyprinellus, also known as the gourd head, redmouth buffalo, roundhead, or brown buffalo, is a large species of the Catostomidae or sucker family. ...
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Families Akysidae Amblycipitidae Amphiliidae Andinichthyidae †Ariidae Aspredinidae Astroblepidae Auchenipteridae Austroglanididae Bagridae Callichthyidae Cetopsidae Chacidae Clariidae Claroteidae Cranoglanididae Diplomystidae Doradidae Erethistidae Heptapteridae Hypsidoridae †Ictaluridae Lacantuniidae Loricariidae Malapteruridae Mochokidae Nematogenyidae Pangasiidae Pimelodidae Plotosidae Pseudopimelodidae Schilbeidae Scoloplacidae Siluridae Sisoridae Trichomycteridae Conorhynchos (incertae sedis) Ancharias (incertae sedis) Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a very diverse...
Binomial name Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801) American Alligator range map The American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) is one of the two living species of Alligator, a genus within the family Alligatoridae. ...
Genera Oreochromis A. Günther,1889 Sarotherodon W. P. E. S. Rüppell, 1852 Tilapia Smith, 1840 Tilapia is the common name used for a variety of cichlid fishes of the genera Oreochromis, Sarotherodon, and Tilapia and is approximately equivalent to a taxonomic grouping known as the tilapiine cichlids. ...
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