Alto tosses the 30-pound carp in a barrel he keeps on board his 20-foot modified john-boat. Up front, he has custom-built a shooting platform, and he takes up his stance again, one foot on his ...
Mar. 25—MOSES LAKE — "Disneyland." That's how Ty Swartout described Moses Lake. "I grew up coming here. I'm not from Moses Lake, but the West Side, and I like to tell people that this was like ...
Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. Charles H. Featherstone, Columbia Basin Herald, Moses Lake, Wash. May 30—MOSES LAKE — Ty Swartout said I came close to spearing a carp, but I honestly don't ...
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 ...
~ Sportsmen use bows on invading Asian carp in Illinois River. BARTONVILLE, Ill. -- As soon as the motor revved, the sky came alive. Asian carp littered the air behind Chris Brackett's boat, offering ...
MONTICELLO, Ind.— In a flat-bottom boat rigged up with lights shining onto the water, Gene Mills and Shain Loveland launch onto the Tippecanoe River as the sun goes down. With a compound bow in hand, ...
This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. To the uninitiated, bowfishing may seem like the latest gear-intensive fad. Its popularity has surged in recent years thanks to TV shows, social media, ...
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!!!” ...