Bowfishing

Not sure of this is where to post this but I am lol. I want to try now fishing. After bass fishing the other day at my home lake mead and seeing huge carp cruising the shallows I'm excited to give it a shot. I dont want to spend a ton of money at first to get into the sport but I know I'll have to buy some stuff. My question is can I use a old bow I already have. I have a pse stinger that o dont shoot anymore. I was hoping I could turn the weight all the way down and use that. Will a normal bow fishing reel and equipment work with it and what else will i need?

A PSE Stinger would make a great bowfishing bow I would think. There really isn't a whole lot you need to get into it. Just an arrow a basic reel (one that just holds line and isn't an actual reel would work fine for a starter), an arrow and maybe a flipper style rest and you should be good to go. There are a lot of pretty cheap starter kits that will be just fine to go try it out and then if ya decide you want to get more serious you can get some of the fancier reels and things.

One little tip you might already know is that you have to aim low on the fish. It depends on how deep the fish is and how far away you are, so go out and give it your best shot but start off just aiming a bit low and you will figure out where ya need to aim to hit what your aiming at.

Awesome thanks for the input. I found a cool starter reel at sportsmans warehouse I'll try. Do people use releases or fingers? Never shot finger release before.

LAST EDITED ON Apr-27-18 AT 04:32PM (MST)[p]You don't need a reel. Back in the day we would just buy arrows from a pawn shop - they float from mid-fletching up if you miss and the fish will float up on a hit. We did this method as reeling the line was a pain and took too long - especially if you are in a school of carp. Nothing more satisfying than sending a dozen arrows at a school of carp as fast as you can. With a reel you probably get a shot ever minute vs. a dozen in 30 seconds.

You may lose an arrow now and then (fish get lodged under a rock, etc) but by buying the used arrows cheaply it is no big deal. Obviously if you are wading in shallows you will not lose an arrow as it just sticks to the bottom.

Have fun.