This past week, a group of friends and I went out to Lake Fork in Texas to do a little fishing.

In the daytime, we fished for bass and once it got dark, we went out to do a little bowfishing for carp and gar.

Did you know bowfishing is found to be one of the best techniques to fish? Not only the best way, but it is also really great for the environment and helps prevent any invasive species from overpopulating, such as Asian Carp.

Invasive species do severe damage to native fish habitats and could potentially run native species of fish into extinction. What would we do without all those fish we all enjoy going after?

Among getting to control invasive species populations, bowfishing also plays a role in helping create much healthier lakes and rivers.

These pesky fish chasing out the fish we want to stay in our lakes and rivers are diminishing the water quality by stirring up the muck on the bottom, making our line of view difficult when fishing.

Aside from the murky water, there is a good possibility you can be the next lucky guy or girl to get smacked upside the head from jumping silver carp as you are cruising down the Mississippi river on the boat.

These fish are causing many injuries to people on the rivers and this eventually may make it to the point where trying to enjoy a nice boat ride may be too dangerous if we don’t take care of them in the most effective way.

Though bowfishing is a great sport and a more environmentally friendly way to do so, it helps improve your aim when deer and turkey season rolls around. We all know you do not want to miss that big twelve-pointer strutting across the field, right?

So you can kill two birds with one stone, get your “A” game on for hunting seasoning while killing the invasive species.

Have you ever gone bowfishing before?

I will be uploading a video from our trip to my YouTube Channel in the next couple of weeks so make sure you are subscribed so you won’t miss it!