Saturday, I headed out to my favorite wading spot for carp.  I was a little leary of going bowfishing because of the wind and rain we had Friday night, but decided it was better than staying at home.  Boy am I glad that I went.  First, I dropped off the backside of the road and headed up the creek away from the main lake.  I tagged these 12 common carp in about an hour back there.

After hitting the major weed beds, I crossed back over the road and headed out towards the main lake. 

The fish were everywhere.  I started off with a nice male bowfin…undoubtedly the prettiest spot I’ve ever seen on his tail.

I would add another bowfin before my afternoon was over.  It was just a matter of going from one tail to another and muddy spot to muddy spot, I guess the thick weeds helped filter out the water because I was kind of shocked how clear the water was in some places.  I actually shot some of the biggest common carp I’ve ever gotten out of the lake.  3 were in the 8-10 pound range (double the size of 99.9% of all other carp I’ve ever shot there). 

This one in particular was pushing 10 lbs. and I made a hail-mary shot as he was facing me….lips exposed!  I wound up with 30 fish on the flip side of the bridge to equal 42 for the day.

A great 3 hour trip with 42 fish total… 40 common carp and 2 bowfin!  My best solo shoot of the year so far!