I want to make a drift net, anyone have any ideas.
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, Dec 11 2007 09:30 AM
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Posted 06 July 2008 - 08:59 AM
Hi,
You didn't say what size of hoop you want to make. Lamp shade hoops come in a variety of sizes. Embroidery hoops. If you want something small and weighted, those rings kids toss into swimming pools to dive after.
Good luck!
You didn't say what size of hoop you want to make. Lamp shade hoops come in a variety of sizes. Embroidery hoops. If you want something small and weighted, those rings kids toss into swimming pools to dive after.
Good luck!
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Posted 06 July 2008 - 07:58 PM
Netmaker, I didn't actually make this - BG did. I was just along for the ride. It was anchored to the stream bed by long threaded rods (i.e. not mobile).
It's been a few years, but I think he actually used window screen (the plastic kind).
Pmail me if you want to talk to him - I'm sure he will fill you in.
It's been a few years, but I think he actually used window screen (the plastic kind).
Pmail me if you want to talk to him - I'm sure he will fill you in.
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Posted 08 July 2008 - 07:55 AM
Netmaker, I didn't actually make this - BG did. I was just along for the ride. It was anchored to the stream bed by long threaded rods (i.e. not mobile).
It's been a few years, but I think he actually used window screen (the plastic kind).
Pmail me if you want to talk to him - I'm sure he will fill you in.
No problem Irate,
Window screen is a square mesh and I was always convinced that square mesh works better in water than diamond or oval. I realize that most fish swim up current so if you set it out and left it, most fish would swim up to the back end of this trap, not the mouth. However, in some instances the really small YOY and YOW (young of the week) can not fight the current and have to drift down stream.
Then, some fish can't figh the current but they face up stream and let themselves drift backwards.
Hmmmm..... maybe a baffle on each end, a wing that pokes inside the net, forming a dead area of current inside the net on each side. Fishies just love to get out of current and hang out behind something.
I see a Sea Grant project forming up here........we'll call the boys at Starkville or maybe even Stoneville and let them run with it . Shouldn't cost over a few grand and year or two to come up with an answer.
Take care,
nm
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Posted 08 July 2008 - 10:38 PM
NM, an early version of this trap had a piece at the front of the net that formed a sort of wedge, so that fishes would be washed over the wedge into the net, and then when they tried to get out they would go under the wedge. I don't know why he abandoned this idea - I guess it didn't work.
The general idea was to place the net downstream, then make a big ruckus and herd fishes into the net. Anyway, the net was expensive to make and didn't work out very well. I personally like mobile nets vs. stationary ones.
The general idea was to place the net downstream, then make a big ruckus and herd fishes into the net. Anyway, the net was expensive to make and didn't work out very well. I personally like mobile nets vs. stationary ones.
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