I say “we’ve” because for the last month or so it’s been all about getting my son Cade more involved in what I do. Not just tagging along like he has been for a couple years now, but getting to carry his bow and shoot some arrows with a purpose!
I’ve been holding him back from bowfishing because I didn’t think his equipment was “strong enough” to get an arrow enough into a fish to land.
Well I couldn’t hold him back any longer, and at the end of June, we started a quest to get him a fish or two.
Cade’s “almost first shot”…
His very first time out, and very first shot ever at a carp…
Almost!!!!
The next adventure was an invite from a good friend to bowfish on an awesome boat, the “Carp-ageddon”!
Getting ready to shove off…
We had a great time and he hit several fish, but just didn’t get the barb in far enough and just came up with scales more than once…
I managed to make good on a few…
Cade and our host, Terry Receveur…
Me and Terry with one of his fish…
Terry’s son Tyler and myself with a couple…
A great experience for both of us and certainly a night either of us will ever forget…
Still no fish landed for Cade, but now I knew I definitely needed to “tweek” his equipment a little before next time…
Next up would be some froggin’. First time I’ve ever done it with a bow, and certainly his first time as well.
Cade’s first ever “bowkill”…
He didn’t stop there…
He did most of the shooting, but I did get in a few shots myself. With one strike against me, I made good on the second swing…
Check out Cade’s stalk and his last shot of the evening…
He ended up with 6 when the smoke cleared…
Nine all together…
Another awesome experience for both of us…my boys first bowkill!!!
To be continued…
Looks like you had a great time and got some good looking frog legs to fry up too!!