Welcome to my instructable on extreme creek fishing,...Or for lack of a better description,the" I can't sit still long enough to fish the normal way, (with bait) instructable." I hope you enjoy my efforts to show you how to "hunt for fish".
As always, I welcome comments, both good and bad.
As an avid hunter, I own two compounds and a recurve bow. I use the compounds for deer hunting quite often and did not want to alter either one. This made my recurve the prime target when the urge hit me to get back into bow fishing. Not wanting to damage my recurve any, I decided to make my fishing setup attachable without any drilling.As a result,"Bobby's back woods bow fishing kit"was born.
sad foot note;As much as i wish to claim "i invented this",i cannot,after assembly and testing i thought to search the web and found i had been beaten by others, the bucket idea had already been used. After a brief moment of sadness i said "oh well,at least i have not seen it on instructables yet" hence, Bobby's backwoods bow fishing kit is born.
As always, I welcome comments, both good and bad.
As an avid hunter, I own two compounds and a recurve bow. I use the compounds for deer hunting quite often and did not want to alter either one. This made my recurve the prime target when the urge hit me to get back into bow fishing. Not wanting to damage my recurve any, I decided to make my fishing setup attachable without any drilling.As a result,"Bobby's back woods bow fishing kit"was born.
sad foot note;As much as i wish to claim "i invented this",i cannot,after assembly and testing i thought to search the web and found i had been beaten by others, the bucket idea had already been used. After a brief moment of sadness i said "oh well,at least i have not seen it on instructables yet" hence, Bobby's backwoods bow fishing kit is born.
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I will not specify any tools used as I believe that everyone will use whatever they have available to work with.
But as for an items needed list, we will start with:
#1 a bow,compound or recurve,it is your choice
#2 a bucket,it can be a bottle,coffee container or in my case a five gallon bucket
#3 hose clamps, or duct tape once again you decide from what you have available
#4 strong string,i had mason string so that is what i chose
#5 L-brackets
#6 a few bolts and nuts,washers if you want
Now on to the beginning stages of assembly.
Total cost is my favorite part of this instructable as everything used was salvaged from previous projects and no longer in use for said projects.........Total cost........$ 0.00 $.
Total benifits,exercise,improved aim and skill with bow,(some fish dont give you much time to shoot), and food for the table( I only hunt what i can eat )
But as for an items needed list, we will start with:
#1 a bow,compound or recurve,it is your choice
#2 a bucket,it can be a bottle,coffee container or in my case a five gallon bucket
#3 hose clamps, or duct tape once again you decide from what you have available
#4 strong string,i had mason string so that is what i chose
#5 L-brackets
#6 a few bolts and nuts,washers if you want
Now on to the beginning stages of assembly.
Total cost is my favorite part of this instructable as everything used was salvaged from previous projects and no longer in use for said projects.........Total cost........$ 0.00 $.
Total benifits,exercise,improved aim and skill with bow,(some fish dont give you much time to shoot), and food for the table( I only hunt what i can eat )
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Love the bucket idea, I can't see from the photos, but I'd guess that using bolts with countersunk heads might make the line reel off more smoothly than round headed types.
Thanks for a great 'structible.
Your last picture makes me think of an atlatl with a dart on it. :) I think some folks fish with them too, where permitted.
thank you
and a big thanks to instructables
The notches you cut in the rim edge could be used to form the bracket to attach the rim to the bow.
Just cut the bucket another 2.5cm lower so you have a deeper notch to cut, but instead of cutting it ALL out, make a tab by just cutting the side slots and folding it down to form a mount point L bracket for the clamps.
Less materials needed and the rim for the string is smooth as there are no catching points for the string as it unwindes.
I have a commercial fishing bow, the arrows are cheap in the USA, I would recommend you use them, string mounts to a sliding device on the arrow, my bow is a compound made by Browning.
Great Instructable by the way.
In my quest to catch and eat every kind of freshwater fish in New Hampshire, www.catch-m-all.com we've done some bowfishing for carp (no success) but I think I will make and try this...I also will share this on the catch-m-all facebook page because it's fantastic!
Thanks for sharing
Next he attached a leader to the end of his fishing line and hooked it on the string on the arrow. It allowed him to pull the arrow back while the fishing line leader slid to the arrow tip. when fired the fishing line leader would slide along the arrow string to the back of the arrow near the arrow knock.
My only concern is that you might need some sort of reel system so you don't cut up your palms trying to pull a struggling fish in by hand.