Well, Friday’s predictions came true on Saturday with a trip to my super top secret bowfishing honey hole in North Carolina’s Piedmont.  Using the trusty jonboat, we toted a trolling motor, 2 batteries and oars to pole our way through shallow weeds and timber.

The first fish to jump in the boat was this hefty longnose gar.  We weren’t 100 yards from our secret put-in when a ball of gar erupted to the surface and Andrew snap shot the biggest in the group.  Almost 50 inches long and 16″ girth, a great fish to start off the day and actually Andrew’s first longnose of his bowfishing career!  25% completed.

The trip down the lake to our honey hole is about 2 miles and we picked up about 5 common carp on the way.  50% completed!  No sooner had we shot 1 or 2 more common carp in the shallow standing timber of our honeyhole, than Andrew draws back on fish species #3, a NICE bowfin in the 8 lb. range.  He stunned her with a well-placed to the noggin’.  75% completed.

Few more common carp and we were finally back to our grass carp hotspot, and they didn’t disappoint.  I would say we conservatively stalked 10 grassies in an hour, but the water was real clear and getting close enough for a shot was tough.  After Andrew missed a couple lengthy shots, I connected on our 3rd big game stalk and landed the biggest grassie of the day…this 30+ pounder.

After a couple more blown stalks, Andrew pegged this one cruising through some submerged weeds.  It looked like Andrew just finished the job that something else had started…tail ripped to shreds and a missing eye.

A great redemption shot and just like…the NC Bowfishing Grand Slam was complete.  We weren’t done yet though, Andrew missed one more grassie and I connected on one last grass carp before we got turned towards home a little early because of a thunderstorm.

On the way back, we hugged the shoreline and cruised through some standing timber where we picked up another gar and couple more commons and saw way more needlenoses that we either missed or couldn’t get shots at as they zoomed past the front of our boat in muddy water.

What a day though, 13 commons, 1 bowfin, 2 gar, and 3 grass carp.  To top it all, Andrew becomes the first bowfishermen I’ve ever had the pleasure of hunting with that completed the NC Grand Slam!  Congrats and can’t wait until you get in town again to bust out the bows again!