Big Bear Lake Carp Spawn

[Dark_Knight_9C1]

I hit Big Bear Lake on May 30th to bowfish and the carp were spawning. 
The water was boiling everywhere but pretty far off shore, which making for some pretty spectacular long shots and lots of them hitting the end of my spool of line, 100 ft. (None actually hitting fish but exactly where they were.)
It was exciting when a group would start heading towards me with a wake in front and frantic splashing in the back. Most circled or would only go 10 feet or so in one direction. But one group was 100 yds away and was heading towards me. Surprisingly it continued straight at me for 50 feet, prompting me to ready my bow. It continued toward me and the splashing started to get more frantic. (Jaws theme song ringing in my head) I drew and when they were about 60 ft away I aimed and shot. The arrow flew true and hit the water just in front of the wake...
But as with most shots where you don't actually see the fish got nothing on the arrow but did get a satisfying splash from the fish as the arrow flashed past it in the water.
I did manage to hit two that day so no stripe for me.
This was a clean shot threw the gills.

Looking forward to seeing them closer to shore next time.

- Keith

[Latimeria]

Excellent, that's some good reading Keith!

Funny as you were explaining the carp circling and rolling around.  I'm amazed that an arrow can hit at the right angle in the water to sink into them.  I know it's not a big thing, but I've never tried and it seems to be a difficult shot no matter what unless it's 5 feet in front of you.

Well done!

[jrodda]

Reminds me of that book The Hatchet. Really stuck with me how you have to adjust for the refraction, but once you do it's game on. Cool report.