finding bow for bow fishing

[wademe]

alright you expert bow fisherman... i need some help... trying to find me a inexpensive bow for bow fishing... i have the set up for it... just looking for the bow... any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Academy has a full bow fishing setup packaged and ready to go. That's the first one I used, mainly because it was an affordable "risk" to find out if I liked it. Four years later, still hammering carp/gar with it.

 

[AllOut]

Define inexpensive....
PSE/Browning Baracuda is a great cheaper bowfishing bow
Or Try and find you an older Oneida, like a Screaming Eagle.
Any bow will work, but arnt all "ideal"....

 

[chevyboy123]

Look up how to make a PVC bow on YouTube

 

[makeithappen]

Honestly, it depends on if you're looking for a recurve or compound. When I bought a newer bow to use for deer, I setup the old one for bowfishing. I don't feel comfortable dual-rolling my deer bow for off-season bowfishing (water, sand, additional risk to the bow, etc). I'd check out craigslist. Good time of year as many are selling their bows from last season.

 

[chevyboy123]

Bowfishing bows take a beating

 

[wademe]

i have a pearson compound bow for deer and turkey. I don't want to mess up that bow for fishing... I am golden with it lol. I was thinking a recurve. everything i have heard is that a fishing bow needs to be a bow with very little let off, and something you can snap shoot. I didnt know if there was a compound i could do that with... not in my budget anyway. I am looking for something under $100 so that if I don't like bow fishing, I don't have a ton of money invested in it. please keep giving me some ideas... I like the pvc idea, just dont know much about pvc bows

 

[AllOut]

Recurves work fine for bowfishing, they don't have the "power" of a compound but stay in the 45lb range and you'll be good.
If you look you can find a Oneida in the $100 range. I've seen Screaming Eagles from $75-$150. The best part about them is you can always sell them for that if you decide you don't like it.
Another bow that goes over looked is the Browning Micro Adrenalin. It's the same bow as the Baracuda, same cams etc it just has different draw mods. You can probably find one for $100 and have the mods swapped out.... I have this done to one of mine. It's just a camo Baracuda instead of the blue.

 

[wademe]

where is a good place to find one of these bows?

 

[makeithappen]

Here's a couple decent choices. I like my compound just fine. Have it tuned to the lowest poundage, don't worry about the let-off.

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/spo/3701917667.html

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/spo/3702254128.html

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/spo/3707649109.html

http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/spo/3695582108.html