I was up there at the dam Sunday morn til about 11.
We got on the river just after shooting time, wife made us late. Boats were spaced 10 yards apart in a straight line 3/4 the way acrossed the river. Kinda looked like a naval fleet.
We saw 1 place that fish were rolling on a pretty consitent basis. We went to move in slowly and about the time we got where we needed to be a guy motored right over where the fish were rolling, one rolled at the side of his boat when he came over the spot. He then looked at me and smiled as he dropped anchor less than 10 yards in front of me. After that I was so pissed I wanted a fish to roll at the side of his boat so I could put a hole in it.
Fish rolled for 20 minutes tops...except for the little paddlefish refuge.
I maybe saw 15 shots fired by the navy in the current the whole morning. After that it was sneaking around towards the SD side trying to get lucky and have one go airborne within range. A fish would go airborne about every 5-10 minutes with no ryme or reason on where or why they were doing it...at least I could never see a pattern. Closest 2 were about 15 yards and I did get pretty damn close but no cigar.
When I bowfish I like to bowfish. Not worry about the next boat or worry about getting run over or worry about going over a imaginary line. I like to checkout new water, constantly move, shoot and shoot often.
I like chasing paddlefish, just aint gonna do it on a weekend anymore and the dam is not my thang.