9 ways to combat BowFishing at your favorite swim (legally)

[MoCarp]

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Ill share a recent carp mag article I read several months ago, found these ideas interesting 

 

9 ways to combat  BowFishing at your favorite swim (legally)

So your favorite carp fishing hole is fixing to be or is getting pounded by the Bowfishing crowd, and they will shoot the biggest fish they see. what can you do?

1) Deep Water Chumming:  its very difficult to see and hit a fish deeper than 10 feet, chumming small particles and a large protein block at 12 feet in the carpiest spots at the swims, and as close as possible to the start times of the shoot. Do this as steathfully possible and they will chalk it up to fish not co-operating.

2) Light Aversion Treatment:   Banging a metal bucket in the margins while shining a light in the water will run most any fish from the shallows. a cheap metal bucket rigged on a long section of rebar can blast sound waves hundreds of yards, running fish to the safety of deep water and brush.

3) ComplainTo Sponsors:  Once you know who supports these events, respectfully call and say you and your friends will not buy anything from them if they support these types of events, don’t get into a debate, just inform and take you dollars elsewhere.

4) Fish Disposal: if they have a dumpster rented , many companies have a no dead animals policy, again a respectful call as well as a we will not spend your dollars with their company, also if the event does not provide fish disposal, a few people watching after the event can usually find illegally dumped fish. Document said dumps and report them, most states have wanton waste laws that make dumping a crime.

5) Watch And Document Illegal Behavour:  Many bow fisherman practice shoot and release shot fish into the water to die, since many events have a big 20 formats,  a boat can cull a lot of fish with three or four shooters, when culling occurs and many of the fish will not make it back to the dock. A camera drone is a wonderfull tool, if you get lucky you will see them shoot and toss back a gamefish that gets shot in the heat of the moment.

6) Reporting Dead Beat Dads:  Many states revoke driving and fishing privileges and those lists of names are public record. If you don’t stay current with child support payments most states revoke your fishing/hunting/driving privledges. With a little detective work you can report said offenders to the state.

7) Report To The Media:  Pics and video of dumpsters brimming with edible fish that could be donated to the needy. will hit newspapers and local news like a freight train. Just when you are obtaining the video, do not be confrontational! Just use common sense and stealth. You don’t need to say anything about how carp should be protected ETC, the goal here is change the narrative.

😎Make Sure The Event Has All Appropriate Paperwork: Many states require a permit for any fishing tournament and liability insurance. Timing is key, you want to contact appropriate authorities close enough to the event to cause them an issue, yet not leave them enough time to get the correct paperwork. 

9) Catching Cheaters:  Many bowfshing tournaments allow trailering, that way they can go to any secret spot to shoot bigger fish than the next guy. Many times big fish are stashed to suddenly appear to take everyone’s money. This one is tricky but if your out fishing and see some sketchy behavior and a big tourney is near by report it, no one likes cheaters.

NOTE do not directly interfere with the bow fisherman! confrontation is always a bad idea, and many states have laws that prohibit that kind of behavior. 

 

[MOPanfisher]

So your favorite carp fishing hole is fixing to be or is getting pounded by the Bowfishing crowd, and they will shoot the biggest fish they see. what can you do?

1.  Thank them.

2. Buy them a beer.

3. Swap favorite carp recipes.

 

[Flysmallie]

10) Be a dick. 

[BilletHead]

      You guys are so bad,

 My turn.

    Things you can do if you find out there is a rod and reel carp fishing tourney on your lake. Legally do.

 Tit for tat, Walk around with shiny noisy objects in and out of the fishermen. (note this is a normal thing on Ozarks lakes in the summer) 

                  Take all boxes of Wheaties and strawberry jello off of the shelf in stores.

                   Plan a wake boat regatta that weekend

                   Jet boat drag races

                   Have a St Louis radio station put on a flotilla

                   Revoke all anglers from Europe

                   Require the lake a catch and kill for all invasive species. Naturalized or not.

                    Bow fishing tourney at same time. Heck yea it is already baited for them!

 

   This is better than the late night top ten list.  We are so bad but hey this time we did not start it,

   BilletHead 

[fishinwrench]

I'm disgusted by the sneaky underhanded gutless chickenshit methods of control recommended by your Elite carper friends.   I'm glad you shared that, MoCarp.  I'll forward that POS list of strategy's to all of my bowfishing customers via their FB pages so it can be shared in mass.   

Y'all must have pooped in your hands and rubbed it in your eyes.   Only reason I can fathom for such a $#itty Outlook.

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, MoCarp said:

NOTE do not directly interfere with the bow fisherman! confrontation is always a bad idea,

Vag' ! 😋

[MOPanfisher]

So your favorite carp fishing hole is fixing to be or is getting pounded by the Bowfishing crowd, and they will shoot the biggest fish they see. what can you do?

Buy a bow fishing rig and enter.

Serve biscuits and gravy.  

Sell you carp fishing gear and take up golf.  (OK that one was kind of harsh).

Directly confront the bowfishermen and tell them you are gonna stomp them into a mudhole.

Film this confrontation.

Set up a first aid station.

Offer carp cleaning services.

Rent a refer truck and load all the cleaned carp and buffalo and make all trip to the nearest downtown in a major city.  Bring friends to cover you.  Sell the carp and buffalo and escape town.

[Deadstream]

MoCrap.     What a punk.  I will break out my bow fishing gear just for you.  

[JohnP]

State bowfishing tourney this based out Warsaw, I'm sure they would love to have you attend.

[snagged in outlet 3]

I’ve thought of getting a BFing rig lately.  Could have livened up some slow fishing days lately.