We had a great turn out, 25 teams showed up consisting of airboats, fan boats and troller boats,they came from all over Texas and Oklahoma and some came from as far away as South Texas.

The event kicked off Saturday evening with a barbeque meal, followed by a meeting where the TBA  informed contestants on the rules and regulations and asked everyone to be courteous to the home owners at PK Lake.

Beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday, bowfishing teams and their crafts left in 1-minute intervals, starting with those who registered first.

After fishing for 12 hours they started coming back Sunday morning for weigh in and had  a hot breakfast also supplied by PK Lodge

Contestants brought in 2,100 carp, gar and buffalo fish Sunday morning. They vied for prizes for the most fish and the heaviest 10 fish.

Oklahomans took the top Texas trophies.

Team TNT Archery (A) from Tahlequah, Okla., were the winners of the most fish, bringing in 216 fish, according to Slater. The team to bring in the heaviest 10 fish, weighing in at 149.15 pounds, was Team TNT Archery (B), from Portor, Okla.

The tournament championship, determined by how well bowfishers did in each division, went to Team TNT Archery (A) members Montie Reid, Dean Anson and Blake Pearson.

We also had a sponsor, Head To Tail Taxidermy in Cibola, Texas, donate a free mounting of the biggest gar. “Tommy Fuller [of Tyler, Texas] won this division with 30-pound needle-nose gar.”

“All teams left with some kind of prize, from first place to last place,” she added. “No one left empty handed, which appeased all the participants.”

We look forward to having another great bowfishing tournament on our lake next year, as we work to make it bigger and better each year