I'm kicking around an idea...
#1 Guest_Irate Mormon_*
Posted 22 June 2007 - 03:23 PM
Any ideas? This would be for solo collecting.
#2 Guest_mzokan_*
Posted 22 June 2007 - 03:43 PM
I'm trying to figure out a way to flush fishes out of deep pools into some sort of net downstream (I have some special seine modifications in mind). It occurred to me that there might be some sort of substance which fishes will flee from, but which does not anesthetize or harm them.
Any ideas? This would be for solo collecting.
I used to catch gobies and blennies out of holes in rocks by squirting a bit of coke or pepsi into it, while capping the hole with a small jar, it actually worked pretty well. Not sure how that will help you though
#3 Guest_Irate Mormon_*
Posted 22 June 2007 - 10:10 PM
I used to catch gobies and blennies out of holes in rocks by squirting a bit of coke or pepsi into it, while capping the hole with a small jar, it actually worked pretty well. Not sure how that will help you though
Soda water* is an anesthetic - guppy fanciers use it for that purpose. It's an idea, but that might be rather too expensive for what I have in mind.
*It is commonly known that in the South, all soft drinks are referred to as "Coke". The exception to this, however, is really backwoods southerners, who use the term "sody warter".
#6 Guest_factnfiction101_*
Posted 23 June 2007 - 11:24 AM
I know a tribe I was watching on tv were using some type of tree root to make fish less active so they could catch them. I think it might have been harming the fish though; It was on that show "Going Tribal".
Using a m-80 seems kinda cruel
#7 Guest_Irate Mormon_*
Posted 23 June 2007 - 10:29 PM
Tell me that you're kidding Irate.
Any "substance" used to fish isn't exactly a legal way of taking fish in my state. I guess each state is different but this sounds like a prank.
Nope, I'm serious. I never thought of that being illegal, since I'm not planning on using poison or anything, but merely a fish repellent. At least I don't recall running across anything in the regs about repellents. I guess I should reread them with this in mind. Assuming I find a benign, inexpensive substance that is worth looking into. I briefly considered schreckstoff, but who wants to run a bunch of minnows through the ol' CuisinArt? It just wouldn't be right. Plus it would only work on other minnows.
#8 Guest_DrJoe_*
Posted 19 October 2007 - 10:39 AM
Nope, I'm serious. I never thought of that being illegal, since I'm not planning on using poison or anything, but merely a fish repellent. At least I don't recall running across anything in the regs about repellents. I guess I should reread them with this in mind. Assuming I find a benign, inexpensive substance that is worth looking into. I briefly considered schreckstoff, but who wants to run a bunch of minnows through the ol' CuisinArt? It just wouldn't be right. Plus it would only work on other minnows.
Tie a rope to a rock, place it upstream of the hole, take the rope down stream with you and your net. Pull the rock thru the hole and downstream to scare the fish towards the net. The rock I used was smarter than the help I had the time before!
Dr Joe
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#10 Guest_Skipjack_*
Posted 19 October 2007 - 08:02 PM
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