You know that taking gamefish by bow is illegal? Also checking your state fishing regulations to see if you can use gamefish as bait.
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i wasnt aware of this. I shot the ones floating on my ponds top. Wasnt aware of this being illegal. That was my fault. Ive seriously got to look at the state regulations. You can use panfish as bait in ny state. This didnt happen in nj. But I had no intention of bowfishing i just couldnt catch them on a line and hook. I was also intending on filleting them and using that as food and then maybe bait which ive seen many people do.
Yeah I go hand fishing best thing to do
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Some states you can shoot panfish and some game fish. I am checking on ours(mn) as you can bowfish in winter when spearfishing is open. I am checking if I can shoot catfish and pike with my bow under my winter spearing permit. I think I can. The only thing that may hinder it is the 20' of line part. But I think it should be fine.
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That is what I figured. They just added the bow fishing through the ice with lights in the last year or two. Day or night. Now that is the tricky part. If you shoot a pike in the evening before dark and stay after to shoot carps with lights your now in possetion of a gamefish speared/shot and you are using lights. You did it legally but they have to make clarifications on that because I can see someone getting charged with that or some fool shooting pike after dark with lights and saying they shot them in the day. I keep a lot of fish in a bucket of water so they don't freeze for ease of cleaning after I get back. If it is not frozen who's to say I didn't shoot it after dark. It is going to be a touchy subject. Along with the closing of bow fishing. Why close it when the fish are slow and lethargic? The best time to remove them from the lake is when you can get high numbers. This spring is a great example of it. I shoot more fish because they are less spooky.
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