well tonight i went on my first bowfishing trip. and i really enjoyed it just was wondering what a good bow for bowfishing would be any help would be appreciated

A youth or a lady bow is good because of the let off.

Crappy youth or ladies bows suck because the let off is not smooth at all. The arrows won't stay on the rest. If you want to go with something inexpensive that will work well, get a recurve. If you want to spend some money then you can look in to some of the higher end compounds geared towards bowfishing or go all out and get an oneida.

check out bowfishingextreme or backwaterbowfishing. That will give you all the options you would ever want.

I been using an old Martin Cougar Speep Flight it works just fine but I am wanting an Onieda bad.

The fire eagle is a very smooth bow also and very light

I started out with a lady's bow made by Parker I thank it was a buck or sommething like that. It was a great untile I got to going all the time and shooting tournaments. Then I got a Hydro Strike that is a awsome and sweet shooting little bow. I like the Oneida Osprey to but for the money the Hydro Strikes are hard to beat. They are fast and got a hell of alot of speed for a bowfishing rig.






Here are two gators I have taken with the hydro. Don't let anyone tell ya you got to shoot a 60 pound plus bow to get a penertration on a gator you just need the right setup. I shot both of these boys with 45 pounds and a innerloc arrow with a 3 bladed grapple.

Decide how much your gonna do it rather just now and then are get really serious about it!! Let that make the decision on what kind of bow and how much you spend !!

Im trying not to spend a ton of money.... I forgot my uncle has a older pse bow he was trying to sell do y'all fellows think that would work?

I started and still have a pse nova prolly 15 ur old good shooting bow jus kinda heavy for all night shooting but I love it for bigger fish took 5 GG 5'+ with it last week 3 were over 5" deep in the fish with it at 60# pull and 3 of ma podnas shoot converted hunting bows just fine up to 15'

All you need is a bow with 20-25 lbs draw !! Most is instinct shooting so bow with out letoff is better !! True hunting compound bows you have to anchor it to get your power!! I had guys with them in my boat and it's just two slow a process!! The reason I said in my early post is I have 5 bows all are great bows but the osprey from onieda is the shit!! So I works my way up go it but I spent alot of money to get to the one I really like!! All my podnas like the others !! Lol

For the money I still think the Barracuda is the best bang for your buck.

I have an old Browning youth compound with 30 lbs I'm thinkin bout convertin.

i just got a barracuda and i love it. my backup is a POS bear that i have been using for 5 years and it works just fine. unless you plan on really getting into it just go hit up the pawn shops and pick one up for dirt cheap.

ive been looking at the baracuda and i really like it. might go to the local bow shop and check it out. appreciate all the responses

check ebay i got my barracuda there for $150 brand new from a archery shop

i was pretty surprised at how high the barracuda was cranked up! i don't mind it but after a long night of a lot of shooting i can see how it can wear on ya!

Yea the Cuda takes a little pretty strong guy to pull back all night. Its not a bow i recommend for a weak kid or small woman. The fire eagle by AMS is a nice bow for the $ also. I find I have to crank it up to 47-48lbs to shoot as hard as the Cuda though.
If you have some long arms that Cuda will pinch the crap out of your fingers too. No gloves is a must for me on them.

That's why Unc J has a CC. Can't handle the tiller lol

go to backwater bowfishing and get you a oneida ospery bow in the new swamp assaisn serise