Fishing Rods

Well, I was wrong about at least one thing; I was the only 'fish scooper' as Robby(American Sport Fish Hatchery Biologist) ran the outboard(4 cycle--very quiet) and ( - - blocked - - )/amp foot control from the rear seat of his big jonboat. He filled a bottle with the pond water for later ( - - blocked - - ). It was a warm(70's), sunny day and my only regret is I didn't fish any.

I stood on the bow deck with a 12'handle/net. He'd press the foot control, sending 3-4 amps into the water from two long, aluminum pipes with steel wires hanging down from the pipe ends. The pipes were pointing straight out the bow from each side.

I'd scoop and he controlled the boat/amps. I'd release the fish into the livewell behind me. I'm tired from scooping and stepping down to the livewell, carrying the netted fish and then having to step back up onto the raised deck with the long-handled net. For the first time, I wore a Cabela's life vest provided by him.

I don't have the weights/lengths/numbers recorded. That will come from his written report. After shocking/scooping the first pond, he nosed the boat up to the dam and then he'd measure(in MMs) each fish, weighing only the Bass. He'd call out the numbers and I'd write them down on his fish reporting sheet. We'd stop for pics every now and then.

We repeated everything in the bigger pond where I fish. You will see a 4-5(?) catfish from the smaller pond and one 3-4 lb Bass. I netted 50 or so bluegills from that one too. You will see a 6, 1 oz Bass netted from the bigger pond. My biggest from that pond is a 6lb, 8 oz Bass. There way less bluegill in the bigger pond and quite a few shellcrackers but no catfish netted or seen. We did see a big(7-8 lbs?) shocked grass carp in the smaller pond but didn't net it.

I'll probably remember more as y'all ask questions but that's all for now except the pics:


Big Pond

6 lb Bass

Same--I think?

Same

Length

Another Bass

Bluegill

Scale and measuring sheet

Small Pond

Measuring

Catfish--small pond

Bass--small pond

Measuring

He wants the small ones too

Robby and the record sheet

Still recovering

Again

Small pond from the dam

Another view

I'se tired!


Dan