I went bowfishing and it was a blast however I shot at a lot of fish and i only caught one?

Question

Do I need to aim at the bottom of the fish or do I need to aim under it completly. also what do you do with the carp after you shoot them?

Answer 1

Cut the mud vane that runs down the sides of the carp after you skin it then bread the peaces  with cracker meal and yellow corn meal fry in skillet salt and pepper.     you'll love them.

Answer 2

Should have a string attached to your arrow....

Throw Carp to the shore..plentiful and nasty..BUT fun to catch!!

Answer 3

Here's an easy under water target. Use an empty Clorox 1qt. bottle put a bold 2in blacked out line around the bottom and every in. going toward the top of the bottle put a thin black line around the bottle. Fill bottle 1/3 with sand. Tie nylon line around bottle neck if you have 3ft water put on 2ft line one end to bottle one end to1/2 brick. Now tie enough line to brick so you'll be able to throw out to the range you want to shoot at. Under water target and you can retrieve it. You can use scotch or duct tape to tape up holes and get some real practice .But yes aim under the point you want to hit.

Answer 4

The sight picture for a fish under water is not the same as shooting at a target in the air.

You are guessing at the amount of deflection from the image you see and where the fish really is under the water.

It depends on how deep and how far away the fish is from you.

It is instinct shooting.

I usually aim under the fish, never directly at it.

I certainly don't eat the carp or gar.

Answer 5

Since water has a different refractive index than air, you must aim  differently.   If I remember you need to aim much higher to hit where the fish is.  As to what I do with carp, they make lousy food but great fertilizer.  My roses are great.