Went up after work to the upper end of Scooteney to staple some carp with the bow, based upon my previous observation on the higher water levels running through the irrigation system. Not a disappointment. After missing a couple of shots (still trying to get my aiming mojo after a winter off), I missed a third shot. Started to reel the arrow in, when the carp started flooding out of a little mini-inlet. Stopped reeling, and watched at least 50 (::very:: conservative estimate - probably closer to a hundred) carp swim out of the inlet and around my arrow. Made me wish for a couple of M80s for stunning purposes.

Ended up shooting four carp ranging from six to twelve pounds, two being gravid females, in about a half hour. The bigger ones don't seem to have moved in yet. Water level seems unusually high for this time of year - I wasn't standing in water, but I got my feet wet. Probably a foot or more higher than last year at this time. I'm looking forward to going up there for a half day or more, and really laying into those vermin. I was so busy I didn't go up into the so-called Mud Flats at the uppermost part of the lake (which is *really* full of carp).

Scooteney is just swarming with carp. Although it is terribly fun to hammer them with the bow, it is a bad sign of lake that is on the decline in terms of spawning habitat for perch, crappie, and more desirable fish. Carp are a horrible species.

fishinChristian

4/6/2013 8:25:00 AM

Sounds good, but what you need is a crossbow, or a lot of electricity... Yes, that is a "don't try this, it isn't legal." Does gripe me about the crossbow. More powerful, any unskilled person (PC enough?) can use one. Not sure why it should become illegal to remove what you so aptly described as vermin with an efficient and selective tool. Used to string 3 at a time on one bolt! They certainly are not endangered as a species! It almost seems like they want to let them breed, though I'm pretty sure they don't.

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