Arkansas bowfishing study

[MoCarp]

attached photo of 1000 fish taken by one boat in one night 
 

 

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=bowfishing+impact+study&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart#d=gs_qabs&u=%23p%3DNLGqqtI59fMJ

[snagged in outlet 3]

By the time they reign this in it might be too late.   

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

By the time they reign this in it might be too late.   

                   The highest percentage is non native invasive carp. I see no problem if they are disposed of properly. A few give all a bad name. If they decimate natives get that under control. Someone here is pushing his agenda. Common carp mess things up just like many other non natives. The common carp intoducers way back when had no idea what they were doing but they are no different than the ones moving around big heads and silvers and black carp species. Cat is out of the bag. Let the bow fishers have fun but do it responsably. Kill them all I say.

[fishinwrench]

On 7/7/2021 at 8:41 AM, MoCarp said:

attached photo of 1000 fish taken by one boat in one night

BS! I'm not buying that.  🙄

The biggest success rate you're likely to see, per boat, with 3 shooters on deck, is 7-9 per hour.    Dealing with a stuck fish takes a bit of time....you can't just stick one and immediately launch it into the tub, and then hop right up there and stick another one.     

Anyone that has done it knows that it doesn't work like that.   

[snagged in outlet 3]

23 minutes ago, BilletHead said:

                   The highest percentage is non native invasive carp. I see no problem if they are disposed of properly. A few give all a bad name. If they decimate natives get that under control. Someone here is pushing his agenda. Common carp mess things up just like many other non natives. The common carp intoducers way back when had no idea what they were doing but they are no different than the ones moving around big heads and silvers and black carp species. Cat is out of the bag. Let the bow fishers have fun but do it responsably. Kill them all I say.

The drum and gar I see at the boat ramps are all native.   Lots of em too.  Commons?   Shoot em all.  

[MoCarp]

3 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

BS! I'm not buying that.  🙄

The biggest success rate you're likely to see, per boat, with 3 shooters on deck, is 7-9 per hour.    Dealing with a stuck fish takes a bit of time....you can't just stick one and immediately launch it into the tub, and then hop right up there and stick another one.     

Anyone that has done it knows that it doesn't work like that.   

The recent bust in Oklahoma was for dumping over 1000 gar in the red river, it is well documented on the OWFD page, even have video of the men counting the fish

[MoCarp]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

The drum and gar I see at the boat ramps are all native.   Lots of em too.  Commons?   Shoot em all.  

The bulk of fish shot in our area are native buffalo and garfish, non native fish with a following in our state are common carp, Muskie, hybrid striper, striper and brown trout…

commons were in the rivers long before and dams got built, bull shoals was stocked with Israeli carp in the early 60s by the state…by any metric they are naturalized.

before the jumping Asian carp issue that started in the 90s, Missouri regulations were 20 fish in aggregate of rough fish including common carp… still is that limit sans the common carp it was lumped into the Asian carp pile…wrongfully in many opposing options 

 

 

 

[MoCarp]

3 hours ago, BilletHead said:

                   The highest percentage is non native invasive carp. I see no problem if they are disposed of properly. A few give all a bad name. If they decimate natives get that under control. Someone here is pushing his agenda. Common carp mess things up just like many other non natives. The common carp intoducers way back when had no idea what they were doing but they are no different than the ones moving around big heads and silvers and black carp species. Cat is out of the bag. Let the bow fishers have fun but do it responsably. Kill them all I say.

 

[MoCarp]

In closing

cutting the limit from 20 to 10 and enforce the no shooting and release rule 

move commons to the old rule

yet encourage the harvest of the true Asian “carp”

black carp rare now might become an issue in the future, considering they get over 6 feet long and several hundred pounds 

[BilletHead]

5 hours ago, MoCarp said:

 

                  Hey old buddy I'm totally with you on the natives. As far as the commons let the bowfishers have thier fun. Introduced non natives should be controlled.