The carp materializes like a brass dirigible, suspended in the murky backwaters of the St. Louis River near Duluth, Minn. That's all bowfisherman Ken Alto needs to see. In less than two seconds, his ...

MENTOR, Minn.-Conditions had changed in the past couple of weeks, and Alex Clauson wasn't sure what to expect on this nighttime bowfishing excursion for carp.The Maple Lake back bay where Clauson, of ...

Bradley Britt, a Chattanooga fireman, shoots at a gar while out on Chickamauga Lake with his father Richard Britt. Gar are common game for bowfishermen, who also shoot for carp and catfish. Bowfishing ...

Recently, July 5 proved to be a grand night for my son Josh and his two 15-year-old sons, Orlando and Reese, as well as my son Jake, to go bowfishing. They had scheduled an “Extreme Bowfishing” ...

As we motored down the Snake River in the twilight of a 100-degree summer night, I looked at my companions, Caleb and Randal, and smiled. “Archers!!” I cried above the hum of the jet motor. “Loose!!!” ...

Obviously, bowfishing isn't a catch-and-release thing. And few, if any, bowfishers eat carp. Rules specifically prohibit leaving fish on lakeshores or riverbanks. Alto hauls his home and uses them in ...

Idaho’s lower Snake River in Canyon County is slow-moving and clear, and it has good numbers of large carp, says bowfisherman Riley Farden, who lives nearby in New Plymouth. He and his wife were on ...

Carp might be spawning in some areas of Minnesota but in the central part of the state, it's a bit too early. Watch for the carp to move shallow when the water temperature reaches 70 degrees. Spawning ...

Carp get mixed reviews in this country. Some anglers — more than people may even realize — are obsessed with them. If you assess these bottom feeders based purely on the sizes they reach and the ...

While bowfishing in a private pond, Frank Reynolds of Linn caught a 74-pound, 2-ounce grass carp Aug. 12. Upon weighing it, he realized it might be the new state record. Indeed, that day Reynolds ...

WILLMAR -- Combine the sports of archery and fishing and what do you get? "An adrenalin rush,'' said Jesse Medalen of New London when describing the similarities of bowfishing to hunting. You can also ...

Stephen Banaszak with the new state-record silver carp he arrowed in August. Longtime bowfisherman Stephen Banaszak already had the Texas record for the heaviest silver carp ever arrowed in the state.