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Where's the best place for bow fishing near Spokane? I know probably the best area is over by Moses Lake, but I don't want to go all the way out there just to shoot some carp.
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Re: Bowfishing
2shanesqball wrote:Where's the best place for bow fishing near Spokane? I know probably the best area is over by Moses Lake, but I don't want to go all the way out there just to shoot some carp.
Long Lake is full of Carp.
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Re: Bowfishing
That is what I was going to suggest too. I am not sure how many there are now after a lot died off a few years back but there still should be many.Masonryman wrote:2shanesqball wrote:Where's the best place for bow fishing near Spokane? I know probably the best area is over by Moses Lake, but I don't want to go all the way out there just to shoot some carp.
Long Lake is full of Carp.
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Re: Bowfishing
Years ago I used to spear fish for carp on Newman Lake. Don't know if they have been poisoned off or not. I not very familiar with the lake but we would wade in shallow water near a long earthen dike. Can't remember exactly as I am sure there was a small amount of beer involved.
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Re: Bowfishing
Long Lake still has plenty of Carp, they has 2 distinct breeding seasons, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. That is the best time to go because they stay at the surface. The Snake River is great as well, Carp are much bigger and faster down there makes a little more of a challenge.
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Re: Bowfishing
Sprauge use to be my favorite until they killed it off. Long lake is great and has some monsters. Just watch out for accidentally shooting pike, they are sometimes in the mix of madness. I usually hide my bows when launching at 9 mile resort to avoid a ear full of "don't shoot around here!, they wash up on our swimming beach!!"
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What are the approximate date ranges of the best times to try this at long lake? Also where is the best place to launch and which direction should you head from there? Thanks all
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Re: Bowfishing
They don't wash up on the beach if you take them or run a knife up there gut so they sink. Not to bad smoked either.jimmy wrote:Sprauge use to be my favorite until they killed it off. Long lake is great and has some monsters. Just watch out for accidentally shooting pike, they are sometimes in the mix of madness. I usually hide my bows when launching at 9 mile resort to avoid a ear full of "don't shoot around here!, they wash up on our swimming beach!!"
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Re: Bowfishing
You can launch at the Nine Mile Resort. I have a yearly WA park pass so I don't need a discover pass or pay ramp/parking fees. There is a weed patch just out from there or you can go west a couple miles where there is a large lillypad patch. I have never bowfished but will sometimes throw a line out when the kids are playing.Wigeon wrote:What are the approximate date ranges of the best times to try this at long lake? Also where is the best place to launch and which direction should you head from there? Thanks all
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Re: Bowfishing
Wigeon wrote:What are the approximate date ranges of the best times to try this at long lake? Also where is the best place to launch and which direction should you head from there? Thanks all
From what i noticed, its not really about date ranges every year it has been different that I have experienced. Its usually when the water warms up in the spring and right before the weather drops off in the Fall. I have never seen it consistent. Ive seen it be anywhere from April to mid June as far as a range. Mating usually lasts 1.5 weeks. Heavy when they are just coming into it and then it slows and picks up the last few days.
But like stated above, find a place with some lillies that is not to deep. They will go into water about a foot deep at Long Lake.
I personally would never eat a carp again, it was terrible. they taste like bad fish and mud.
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Re: Bowfishing
The back end of Newman has plenty,
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