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For all my bowfishers out there
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02-26-2016, 04:40 AM
So I want to get into shooting carp. Question is what do you do with the carp you shoot? I read in the guidebook you cannot leave them on the shore. Throw them back in the lake? Throw them in the garbage? Fertilizer for the garden? Just want to make sure I'm disposing of them in the proper way. Planning to hit Willard as soon as it warms up.
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02-26-2016, 06:23 AM
[quote RBL]So I want to get into shooting carp. Question is what do you do with the carp you shoot? I read in the guidebook you cannot leave them on the shore. Throw them back in the lake? Throw them in the garbage? Fertilizer for the garden? Just want to make sure I'm disposing of them in the proper way. Planning to hit Willard as soon as it warms up.
Thanks[/quote] I think if you pop their air bladder and leave them in the lake you aren't really hurting anything... Dunno if that is legal or not though to be honest might want to check or have someone confirm on here. Some may end up on shore anyhow if you do this but the birds / other critters should dispose of them pretty quick. And the ones that stay in the lake will be broken down by craws / micro organisms. I think the problem is people who shoot a bunch of them and then dump them on shore close to recreational facilities, boat ramps, beaches, etc... if people would use a little common sense and show some general courtesy for others there wouldn't need to be any regulations for carp disposal[crazy] [signature] 
02-26-2016, 07:48 AM
They do make good bait. Catfish, northern S, etc like them.
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02-26-2016, 01:10 PM
Puncture the air bladder and drop them in deep water. The other fish will feed on them and for once they will be doing something good for their environment. Don't sick them in the dumpsters around the marinas, they really get to sticking. Most important Aim LOW 8" for every foot deep.
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02-26-2016, 07:22 PM
I have almost finished my bow for this summer as well - excited to try - can any one help to understand where the air bladder is to pop? I'd been wondering the same thing.
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02-27-2016, 02:50 AM
The air bladder is just behind the pectoral fins, you can usually hear it pop. Occasionally you will get it stuck on the arrow.
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02-27-2016, 06:05 PM
most just dump them back in. Be careful handling a knife with slimy carp all over your boat and popping air bladders.
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02-27-2016, 07:56 PM
I think you've gotten some good info so far. The main thing is, make sure they don't go back into the water alive...especially if you hit Utah Lake or the Jordan River. If you are unsure about the air bladder, you can always just stick your knife in the anal vent and "ventilate" them. In other words, cut them from the vent up to the gills. Putting them back in like that is a great way to keep the nutrients in the body of water you are fishing. They are good cut bait too.
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02-28-2016, 01:35 AM
That is a great idea too thank you. Now we just need some warm weather!!
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02-29-2016, 04:48 AM
You making your own bow, Adam? Cool beans. I do that a lot.
If so, and you want it for bow fishing, the best finish for a wooden bow that gets wet a lot is raw beeswax. [signature]
03-01-2016, 01:07 AM
The best cat fishing I had last summer was when I first used my bow to get a couple of carp and then used their flesh for bait. The fresh, bloody meat really turned the bite on. In fact, I baited my wife's hook first and she started catching catfish so quickly that it was a while before I could bait my own hook. The fresh meat was MUCH better than the frozen carp meat we had brought with us. So, there's a good use for carp meat. Of course, after you've cut the meat off and punctured the innards, the rest sinks to the bottom pretty quickly, where it becomes food for lots of critters and doesn't wash up on the shore and stink up the environment.
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