Earlier this year, Bob and friends went on a trip to Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky to do some atlatl spear fishing. The lakes there are overrun with Asian Carp, an invasive species that makes for the perfect fish for harpooning. We’ve finally gotten around to editing a few of the videos. Here are the first two videos, and we have several more to come. Enjoy!
Atlatl Fishing – Shooting, Filleting and Eating Asian Carp
Bob Berg demonstrates how to shoot an Asian Carp with an atlatl and harpoon setup, and then what to do with the fish after you spear it (hint: eat it).
Atlatl Spear Fishing – Dealing with Refraction
Atlatl spear fishing tutorial! Bob explains how refraction affects your aiming when you shoot into water, and where to aim relative to where the fish appear. (In short: Shoot just “under” the fish.)
It is Fall Festival weekend in Candor, NY. Thunderbird Atlatl will be at Side Hill Acres Goat Farm demonstrating atlatls. There will be an atlatl contest and the International Standard Accuracy Contest. Side Hill Acres will have lots of vendors on site, goat farm tours and more. Many events and activities throughout the area, including the Woodcarvers Show, Quilt Show, Scarecrow Contest, lots of vendors, wine tasting, sales, dinners and more.
Thunderbird Atlatl will be at the 28th annual Stone Tool Craftsman Show this weekend. Come visit us. We will be there Friday, Saturday and Sunday through 2 p.m.
The show is open Friday, Aug. 25; Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27. It is open until 5 Friday and Saturday.
We have recently added new tutorial videos where Bob Berg explains how to put together our most popular atlatl kits: the Catatonk, Catatonk Hunter, Kanakadea and Nanticoke. (All of our kits are available to purchase in the Shop.)
Now you can follow along step-by-step as Bob shows you how to put your atlatl kit together.
You can find the videos (with accompanying text instructions) under the “Kit Tutorials” heading to the left. They’re also right here:
