I tell you, there's nothing like going out on the skiff and bagging some carp with a beautiful recurve.
But sometimes you get, um, a bit more than you're expecting.
From Idaho Fish & Game:
Riley Farden of New Plymouth was bow fishing for carp on the Snake River when he shot an arrow that not only hit its mark, it set a new state record for grass carp.
The fish weighed a whopping 67.65 pounds, was 49 inches long with a 32.75 girth. Idaho Fish and Game segregates the carp state records by archery and rod/reel anglers. Farden's fish shattered the previous archery record of 39.5 pounds, also taken in the Snake River, and easily eclipsed the current grass carp rod/reel record of 46.7 pounds.
Here's Mr. Farden's catch in all its glory:
Okay, maybe it's not 20 feet. But it's over four feet and weighs roughly the same as an 11-year-old boy, so it's no slouch!
As the Idaho government noted, the fish's weight coincidentally "exactly matched the current common carp archery record, which also weighed 67.65 pounds."
Carp overall gets a bad rap, though some sources bill the fish as "mighty good eating," the flesh of which is "white, tender, and smooth in texture with practically no 'fishy' taste."
I'd say Idaho's boy Riley here is going to be lunching on carp for quite some time!
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