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General Category => National Outdoor News Headlines => Topic started by: mudbrook on May 08, 2008, 12:02:06 PM
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92 pound monster Carp with bow!
Oh, carp! Worden man bags 92-pound monster with bow and arrow
Darin Opel, of Worden, has bowfished for 25 years, but this giant Asian carp is his biggest catch by far. Opel bagged the fish Sunday in a backwater on the Mississippi River near Alton.
Darin Opel, of Worden, has bowfished for 25 years, but this giant Asian carp is his biggest catch by far. Opel bagged the fish Sunday in a backwater on the Mississippi River near Alton.
* Angler thinks bigger fish lurk in river
* Bowfishing definitely isn't easy
Darin Opel is allergic to fish. If he eats one or something that has been fried in the same grease, the reaction swells his throat shut.
"That's why my buddies like to go fishing with me," said Opel, a 40-year-old operations manager from Worden. "I can catch them and handle them, but I can't eat them. They're the ones that get to take the fish home."
read more... http://www.bnd.com/389/story/333888.html