Tracy,
We have had good results using "night seining" to capture juvenile Atlantic
salmon and brook and brown trout in Massachusetts streams. The technique
simply involves using small one person hand-held seines at night to capture
the fish. People using flashlights shuffle downstream toward the seines
in order to get the fish to go into them. For small fish, it is efficient
to use flashlights and small dip nets to capture the fish along stream
backs and in shallow/slow water.
I can send you more specifics if you like.
Gabe Gries
At 09:19 AM 7/27/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Hello,
>I have an electrofishing problem that I hope the list can help me with. We
>have been surveying small streams in the Catskill Region of New York State
>for the presents of trout and trout YOY with a Backpack Electrofishing Unit
>(Smith-Root Model 12 -POW). Due to the low conductivity waters of some
>streams I have been unable to sample them. The sp.cond. is in the range of
>30 - 50 umhos.
>
>Are there methods to electrofishing using this equipment in low conductive
>waters? Not just a bigger power source.
>
>Are there alternative methods, other than electrofishing for collecting
> trout and trout YOY in small streams? Better than fishing, I am not that
>efficient. Is seining a reliable alternative?
>
>Any suggestions or insights into my dilemma would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Tracy Lawrence
>NYC-DEP
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Conte Anadromous Fish Research Center
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Turners Falls, MA 01376
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