First RR Bow fishing

[LOKi]

Really I just want to see how well this works with the images and all. I'm not leaving until after work but I took a picture of the bike all packed up this morning and want to see how this image hosting thing works.

First the mission. My Uncle has a camp in Dularge just south of Houma in SW Louisiana. We are installing a gantry crane on the underside of the camp to hoist a light deck and generator used to bow fish at night. Both things are a bit heavy to be lifting in and out of a boat. While down there we might do a little bow fishing but more likely we will just hit up the off shore rigs for Speckled Sea Trout.

Speckled Sea Trout Hope that works. Easy enough.


It's only a 58 mile trip to the camp but at least its down a curvy road. Wouldn't call it twisty but a fun road non the less. No hills in Louisiana to force roads to be twisty. The best you can hope for are roads that run next to creeks or stubborn farmers that didn't want roads going through their sugarcane fields. I'll show an instance of both in this report. Now I just need to figure out how to mount a fishing bow, Arrow, and fishing pole on the bike. I was going to break down the pole but it kinda just found its own home on the bike sticking straight up. The bow was a little tricky but manage to get it on there good n' tight.

So this is what I came up with. Fishing pole on the right


The Bow side.


Soft side cooler on the back seat so I have a way to bring fish home. Everything else fits in the top box and tank bag. I'll finish this report up on Monday when I'm back at a computer.
 

[LOKi]

Hangster,

The thing about that rod placement is it wont work with the side bags on. Not that I have those yet, but all the same. I was thinking of an alternative though.

http://www.scotty.com/fishing-gear-equipment/rod-holders/powerlock.htm

http://www.ram-mount.com/CatalogResults/PartDetails/tabid/63/partid/082065080045051052048/Default.aspx

I'm leaning towards a ram ball myself because then I could mount the camera on it when I didn't have a fishing pole. Thinking of mounting a couple ram balls to the top box for such things. Whats nice is both these systems lock down the rod so you don't have to carry extra straps and whatnot.

[detdrbuzzard]

that fish is making me hungry 

[LOKi]

I'll update the RR tomorrow assuming I remember my camera. Forgot it at the house today.

[LOKi]

Going to be quick about this. I'll add text later. Just wanted to get the images up. See how much of a pain it is.

Luling Bridge after stopping at a coworkers house.

 
Cain field turns. At least if you misjudge a turn your not going to end up in a guard rail or going off a cliff.


The curvy not twisty bayou road




The Camp....OH I love this place


Sun set over the shrimp boat next door. They use the same boat to transport people out to a large camp for duck hunting during season. Nice place. Too bad it burnt down to the barge the last weekend of duck season. At least he still has the shrimp boat.


Early in the morning we head out on the sea cat for some fishing




We do all right fishing. Not great where we have a mess of fish to bring home but enough to feed us. Sorry forgot to take a picture of the ice chest.

The Dogs played the entire time they where awake. Forgot the whit dogs name but can't wait to see that dog in action. He will be going to duck school soon. The other dog is Dixie, or Daisy depending on if a girl or a guy is calling the dog.


On the way home I take the slightly longer way. This is a pontoon bridge. So instead of making a real bridge they just park a barge across the water way with a line running to the bank to open the canal for boats.


The next bridge is closed so I turn before it. Nice curvy road. I'm glad that bridge was closed.


The next bridge had more character anyway.


I promised a friend of mine who is just getting into bikes that I would go look at some on Sunday so I just take the boring but fast way home.  

Sorry I don't have another picture of the rod. I'll put it back on the bike and snap a pic of that for you when I get a chance.

[ROJ]

Great pics.. looks like it was a good trip.

[LOKi]

Thanks.

Sorry we didn't get to do any Bow fishing. We where leaving at 4:30 in the morning on Saturday to fish the rigs for specks. Bow fishing is done at night on a mud boat with a light deck. So the two activities don't mix well. Both fun all the same.

[ROJ]

do you think along with the rod holder you could post a pic or two of the bow mount?? I'm trying to figure out how to mount mine for the fall.

[LOKi]

Thanks for the links on the holders but how the heck did you mount the holder to the bike !!!?...Great Ride Report BTW....(you must have a thing for bridges ....i like the floating one )

I didn't. I just crammed the rod between the reflector and the wingrack. It held pretty good like that. Add a couple zip ties and it is secure. I'm probably going fishing this weekend too so I'll get a better picture.

Sense this won't with side bags on I will be looking for a real rod holder. See above.

[LOKi]

The bow was just zip tied to the wingrack. I left the bow at the camp so wont get another picture of that set up for a while. I don't have my side bags yet to figure out how to mount the bow for regular trips. I will though. Nice to have a bow and arrow to mess around with in camp. Not to mention having it to fish with in near by streams. It's not a regular size bow. This bow is designed for bow fishing. It acts more like a recurve bow in that it has a constant pull weight. It's also much smaller than hunting bows. Lighter pull too. Only 35 - 45lbs.

I zoomed in on the large image to see if you could see a little better.

[LOKi]

Well that actually helps a little. How about a pic of the rod side close up. Two zip ties hold it. One around the butt and one loops over the real and ties into the butt zip tie.

[ninskrillz]

nice pics!!

I like the way your windshield is angled.

[ROJ]

Ok, I think I see how you have the bow mounted now. I actually use my old hunting bow for bowfishing (25lb pull), and it works great, althought its actually bigger than my new hunting bow. I'm thinking of trying to mount the bow clamps you can buy to my grab rail on one side and all the arrows and such on the other.

[LOKi]

Arrows can also be zip tied to your handlebars. That might also be an option for the bow. Perhaps some kind of cradle for the bow that attaches to the handle bars?

Just throwing out ideas here. I did zip tie my arrow to the windshield brackets. You can also see the camera mount pretty good in this pic. Flat plate on the left, camera not on there obviously.

[fishball]

Great report LOKi.  Some of those roads look real inviting.

[LOKi]

The problem with these roads is that first they are built in a swamp so the roads are slowly sinking. Unevenly sinking at that so it leaves pot holes and bumps. Second the heat makes the road expand so much that it buckles causing speed bumps. No big deal on a straight away but not so fun tucked into a corner. You just have to be alert at all times.