RE: NANFA-- RE: Shiner Scoop net

Chip Rinehart (crin_at_glassmaster.com)
Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:26:56 -0500

If I were by myself, it would have been WAY more productive than seining (or
attempting to seine). Also safer as you wouldn't have to even get your feet
wet.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Crail [SMTP:farmertodd_at_buckeye-express.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:19 PM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- RE: Shiner Scoop net
>
> If you were by yourself tho... It would have been more effective/less
> effective than seining?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chip Rinehart" <crin_at_glassmaster.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:03 PM
> Subject: RE: NANFA-- RE: Shiner Scoop net
>
>
> > Dustin Smith and I had the chance to make a quick trip to the SC upstate
> > Sunday morning and I was able to try out the shiner scoop I got from BG.
> On
> > the first throw I pulled in some nice red-finned yellowfin shiners
> (Notropis
> > lutipinnis). We took turns tossing it and pulling it in, finding more
> > yellowfins, as well as some stunningly colored fieryblacks (Cyprinella
> > pyrrhomelas) and rosyface chubs (Hybopsis rubifrons), which were
> immediately
> > released as we were only after fieryblack and yellowfin shiners.
> Breaking
> > out the seine we were able to get more of the previously mentioned fish.
> > The water was very clear but it was difficult to see any fish due to the
> > light rain that was falling, so every time we lifted the shiner scoop or
> > seine, it was almost like Christmas. I was very pleased with the
> > effectiveness of the scoop.
> >
> > Chip Rinehart
> > West Columbia, SC
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