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I am thinking of trying it out and was wondering if anyone has tried, or currently still does it? I have an older compound bow and a 40lb recurve that I am trying to decide between. Any links or other info would be appreciated.
Thanks, Dan
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What is the compound? To high of draw weight tends to bury the arrows deep into the bottom. To light though and the heavy fiberglass arrows aren't moving fast enough to go through a fish. A 40lb recurve should easily handle carp. Some prefer recurves for a fast snapshot and some prefer compounds. Are you thinking of going from shore or boat? There are a couple tournaments in the NW that I know of one is near Clarkston on the Snake and the other in Moses Lake(I think) I don't have a ton of experience but know some guys that do it a lot. I did learn that for the most part making my own gear isn't worth it.
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Skip the fiberglass arrow and go with an aluminum, you might have to do a little shopping to find one but it's well worth it. For one it will fly better, bows aren't designed to shoot that kind of weight. Unless your planning on shooting at fish 5' under the water. Plus the aluminum being lighter won't penetrate as well at depth so dislodging an arrow from the bottom isn't much of a factor. As stated above recurve or compound is personal preference. I shoot a compound so I can draw and make sure everything is where it should be before the release. Bad things can happen when you put a string on an arrow and your holding the launching device. Pot Holes should be a good bet around Memorial Day. 
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Make sure you determine what you are going to do with the fish before you shoot one. Either a compound or recurve will work. I'd give the edge to the recurve since in my experience, it is draw and shoot immediately. You can't really drive around with the bow drawn very well. Also, you can shoot a recurve off the shelf. The other thing to do is aim lower. The reason is light refraction. You don't really have to have a bow reel, but it is good to keep from having a knot. I like the shoot through reels better than anything else.
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Skip the fiberglass arrow and go with an aluminum, you might have to do a little shopping to find one but it's well worth it. For one it will fly better, bows aren't designed to shoot that kind of weight. Unless your planning on shooting at fish 5' under the water. Plus the aluminum being lighter won't penetrate as well at depth so dislodging an arrow from the bottom isn't much of a factor. As stated above recurve or compound is personal preference. I shoot a compound so I can draw and make sure everything is where it should be before the release. Bad things can happen when you put a string on an arrow and your holding the launching device. Pot Holes should be a good bet around Memorial Day.
Shooting more weight out of a bow isn't going to hurt it. If you are talking about the aluminum bowfishing arrows they are an aluminum shaft over a fiberglass core and are even heavier. If you are talking about a regular hollow aluminum arrow they do not work well at all(experience speaking here). Hollow arrows tend to break, skip, or completely lack penetration(its kinda random based on how the arrow decides to best screw you over). The fiberglass arrows fly just fine if you setup the bow right especially if you don't bother with the stupid fletching that comes on some of them. Also make sure you use a cable or safety slide setup and don't tie the string to the back of the arrow.
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Make sure you determine what you are going to do with the fish before you shoot one.
Why should I worry about what I'm going to do with a CARP before I shoot one? Are they now a game fish or protected like the Gray Wolf? 
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Make sure you determine what you are going to do with the fish before you shoot one. [/quote
Why should I worry about what I'm going to do with a CARP before I shoot one? Are they now a game fish or protected like the Gray Wolf?
You can't just throw them on the shore.
FOOD FISH
Includes forage fish, halibut, bottomfish,
common carp, shad, tuna, mackerel, salmon
and sturgeon.
Mutilation of Fish is Illegal
You may not intentionally waste or mutilate game fish,
food fish (such as dogfish), or shellfish.
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I use an old 35 lb. fiberglass recurve and it seems to work fine. I'm shooting from the shore. Potholes, Moses and the Columbia and Snake backwaters are all good choices.
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