Carp

[fishhead20]

has any one been seing any of these bugers around splashing really got the itch to stick one. just looking for a lake in around west metro to go bowfishing!

Thanks

[FishingRebel]

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has any one been seing any of these bugers around splashing really got the itch to stick one. just looking for a lake in around west metro to go bowfishing!

Thanks

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I dont know about west metro, but Phalen lake and Keller lake is loaded with some HUGE carps... Especially Keller lake!!! I see a ton of HUGE carps swimming in the shallow on Keller.... Im surprised nobody is out there targeting these fish! Perhaps nobody knows!

[tacklebox7FF]

minnetonka has huge carp.. I hear they get some in the backwaters of the river too

[SFBOY]

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE SOMEONE ON TONKA, PHALEN OR ANY OTHER METRO LAKE IN A BOAT WITH THEIR BOW. A GUY MIGHT GET A VISIT FROM THE SHERRIFF PRETTY QUICKLY. I WOULD SUGGEST TRYING THE SHALLOW AREAS JUST SOUTH OF HUDSON ON THE ST. CROIX. LOTS OF CARP AND AN OCCASIONAL GAR. OR MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON A LAKE THAT IS NOT WITHIN ANY OF THE TWIN CITIES SUBURB. PELTIER FOR EXAMPLE. GOOD LUCK.

[Carp-fisher]

I've shot carp in Auburn Lake just outside of Victoria. Now that I know the law better, I'm not sure it was legal. That being said, park officials have seen me out there in the water with a bow and they never said anything to me...

[Metroguy99]

I've Bowfished on Minnetonka, you just have to be smart about it. I do not believe it is illegal within city limits, you just get a lot of curious looks. Lot of big ones in there too, most are around twenty pounds...

[Ralph Wiggum]

It depends the city you are in. I shoot on a small pond in a park in Crystal. I get some wierd looks, but I checked with the police beforehand and they assured me that there were no ordinances that prohibit it.

Unless the city has a law prohibiting bow & arrows, you can legally shoot in any lake that is open to hook and line angling.