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mullet:
 I shoot gar when they roll on top of the water, don't have a calculator. ;D

PeteC:
Wildchild,the apparent bending of light is called "refraction",and causes objects under the water to appear" higher" than they actually are.You referred to your arrow "curving" away from your target,which should not be happening.Make sure your arrow is flying perfectly straight,and, if not,tune your outfit till it shoots good. God Bless

recurve shooter:

--- Quote from: mullet on August 10, 2009, 11:43:11 pm --- I shoot gar when they roll on top of the water, don't have a calculator. ;D

--- End quote ---

agreed. tell us what you are shooting for, what kind of watters you are in, ect. then we can give some more direct help.

Wildchild:
thanks to all for your help, and hillbilly, i guess i might just have to try aiming lower next time
and when i said the arrow curved, i guess i didnt really say that how i meant it, what i meant was that id shoot a little ahead of a swimming carp, and the arrow always ended up on either side of it, and it looked like it was changing direction when it hit the water.

and recurve shooter, i had been shooting for carp, my aunt loves hem (cant quite figger out why) and i told her id try to bring her some. I was at the Lake of the Ozarks in southern missouri, not particularly favorable for bowfishing because of the visibility, but its where i had to work with for now. i was shooting into not much more than 4ft of water.

thanks again to all
wildchild

hedgeapple:
Wildchild, with my limited bowfishing experience 4ft of water is DEEP to hit a fish, even if you're directly over it.

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