Fast reflexes by archer J.D. Bond of McDonough, Georgia, resulted within the largest grass carp ever taken by a bowfisherman within the Peach State. The carp weighed 54 kilos.
In response to Georgia Out of doors Information, Bond was out looking for massive carp the evening of June 20 with pals Rodney Witt and David Keener. They have been on Lake Harding, which is a 6,0000-acre reservoir positioned north of Columbus and bordering Alabama. The three have been in a specifically rigged bowfishing jon boat made by Weldbilt. The rig was full with excessive bow railings, a raised bow platform, and submerged lights.
They have been drifting alongside slowly within the shallows when Bond out of the blue noticed an enormous fish on the lake backside in about two ft of water. He solely had time sufficient to react shortly on archery instincts, drawing his bow and lining up his stable fiberglass arrow in a flash earlier than releasing it.
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He thought he’d hit his goal, however the transferring boat shortly went over the fish. He didn’t know if he’d even linked till line began peeling off his bowfishing reel. His companions determined they higher chase the fish with their boat earlier than the road broke or the fish pulled free. After they caught up with the fish, Witt and Keener assist dispatch it with two further arrows. They hauled the heavyweight grass carp aboard their boat, and immediately Witt stated: “I believe we bought a document. That’s an enormous ol’ carp!”
He was right.
The grass carp weighed 54 kilos, and measured 48.5-inches lengthy with a roughly 30-inch girth. The fish has formally been accepted because the state archery document by the Bowfishing Affiliation of America.
Whereas Bond’s large grass carp is large by any measure, it’s properly wanting the world archery document for the species. That 92-pound, 51.5-inch behemoth was arrowed by Bryan Hughes in Could 2015 on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville.
