What would you guys recommend as a bowfishing bow? I'm looking to get a bow dedicated just for fishing, so I don't have to use my deer rig. I would prefer to keep the costs as low as possible. I don't need the top of the line bow, all we do is walk creeks and shoot the fish, then jump in and grab the arrow/fish :D Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Recurve set at about about 45 lbs BTW, you can get a Zebco 808 bowfishing real, a realseat and a bowfishing arrow for around $70. That way you don't have to jump in the water and chase your fish/arrow
AMS Fishawk bow is about 330.00 set up (reel, rest). Darton has a new bowfishing bow that's under $200 bare bow. (the aqua force) Any bow will work. Heck, I have a bowfishing slingshot. In compounds you don't want too much poundage. (25-50lbs) As Jim said, about 45 lbs is ideal in a recurve. I recommend a retriever reel over a spincast for new shooters. (I'm an old shooter and I still use one. :D ) There's pros and cons to each. Get some arrows with safety slides. (get two arrows, not just one) Waaay better than chasing your arrows down.
I have a retired Mathews, an Outback actually. Turn the weight down and add the reel and rest, and we were good to go
jim is right, we shoot alot of stingrays out here and that set up is pretty much what my buddy uses. itll handle almost anything freshwater too, all i shoot is an old '97 pse mach 6.
Well I ended up getting a PSE Kingfisher recurve, 45 lb draw. Also got the AMS reel. Thanks for all the help guys (and Christine :D)
