i'm just looking for a cheap starter kit that inst gonna break first time out or soon after so this is one i found and was wondering if it would be good? i also i was wondering how hard wear and tear wise bow fishing is on a bow? thanks cp http://www.shopatron.com/products/p...=4990D/1547.0.1.1.1004279.1004280.0.0.0?pp=8&
I use this and it hasn't let me down. The line is decent but I would recommend getting better line if your going for big fish. Drum reels are slow to use but if that doesn't bother you this is a good starter kit.
A good start if its something you are just wanting to try. If you have been a few times and know you love it... get an AMS Retriever. I started with nothing more than 20 feet of heavy braided line tied to my bow handle. It worked okay but man was it ever slow and cumbersome.
I agree with Muzzy Man. I started with a drum reel like what you posted.... as did most all my friends (because that's what was available back in the day). But the drum reel is sloooooooooow and annoying. (while you're slowly wrapping your line back up, the biggest carp in the waters will swim up and smile at you and then lazily swim off, never to be seen again... ask me how I know) If you don't wrap the line up just right, the line will hang up. You'll miss the fish if the line hangs up a little, you'll sometimes be arrowless if the line hangs up a lot. I recommend going with the retriever reel, a bowfishing rest and at least two bowfishing arrows. As for wear and tear on a bow... well, it depends on how hardcore you get. Usually you shoot the fish, set the bow down and hand-line the fish in. If you're finicky you'd set the bow down on a nice dry spot and remember not to accidently step on it. If you're hardcore... you're dropping the bow in the mud, or on the bloody, slimy boat deck and you'll have no problem with stepping on it or even pushing it around with your foot. Most people who bowfish do not use a release or sights.. so that's one less thing to mess up. Bowfishing rests are pretty tough, some you'd darn need to run over with a truck to mangle them. If at all possible, don't use your hunting bow for bowfishing. But it can be done. Particularly if you don't have the fastest new-fangled bow. For instance the top of the line Mathews and Bowtech bows aren't the best for bowfishing but the Mathews Mission line and Bowtech's Diamond line are usually pretty good fish-killers. You might already know this but you don't want a lot of poundage for shooting fish. More than 40 lbs is really overkill for most all bowfishing. I keep my bows around 30lbs.
