Bowfishing on Perche Creek in Columbia

July 16, 2012 | 7:20 p.m. CDT

Nathan Sizemore of New London, Mo., readies his bow and scans the water for a fish at Perche Creek on July 6. Sizemore is one of many men that head out on Missouri's public rivers, creeks and lakes weekly to bowfish for carp, gar and other "trash" fish.

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