I seem to have more carp in my pond than is good for it. I can catch them with a pole of course, but was thinking it might be a really good and fun opportunity to try bowfishing. I know zero about it other than starting to look at rigs on the web.
I have a hunting compound bow, and actually broke it out and practiced a bit with it recently. I guess you can adapt regular bows as bowfishing bows? The only issue is that mine is older and is a 70lb bow that will only adjust down to 60lb. The problem with this is that I appear to be getting old. While I can pull it back just fine, after a half dozen arrows, I start to get shooting pains in my elbow. Likely age related degradation there that I don't want to make worse if I don't have to.
So I was thinking about buying a dedicated rig, maybe in the 40lb range that would let me shoot it more at each sitting, or also comfortably let me hold it at full draw for longer. I don't want to go too expensive for basically a lark, but also need a lefty bow. The carp in the pond are fairly small, but next door in the creek, I am constantly seeing a few 24"+ monsters that could be fun to shoot.
Any recommendations?