Moving Fish

[Allen]

Guy,

I've seen a video of them transporting trout and putting them into another body of water. It was a few years ago.

Imagine a septic pumper truck. It looked kinda similar, and didn't look all that labor intensive. Using a trap net, you'd just take and tow the net to the dock at slow speeds and transfer then to the truck directly. Perhaps with a dipnet, maybe buckets or a conveyor.

Only question I'd have on something like this is how do they do it within the guidelines of their own anti-transfer policy of ANS. If I can't run from McDowell or the Missouri all of the 3-5 miles to my house because "you risk transferring ANS to another watershed", how closely are they monitoring the ANS in a given body of water in order to take fish from one to the other? In my humble experience, fish look terrible after having been exposed to bleach.

 

[guywhofishes]

Thanks Allen!

 

[luvcatchingbass]

I was kind of wondering the ANS thing as well.

 

[snow]

Possible rearing pond,gfp's will plant gamefish in the spring,pull'em before freeze up,then most often poisen the pond or slough with roatone to kill off remaning rough fish and minnows,start over again in a year or two.Just a thought,common practice though.

 

[Ponyroper]

What's a "trap net"?

 

[pluckem]

Damned if they do Damned if they don't. Money wasted, ANS, Resource wasted......

I guess most just seem curious, but sounds like they are just taking a common sense approach to try and solve some issues in a number of lakes. They have always said Wentz and Logan Mueller were likely temporary lakes due to cycles in the water depth. Wentz provided a great winter fishery for 2 seasons with some hit and miss action for 2-3 more.

 

[MuskyManiac]

Only question I'd have on something like this is how do they do it within the guidelines of their own anti-transfer policy of ANS. If I can't run from McDowell or the Missouri all of the 3-5 miles to my house because "you risk transferring ANS to another watershed", how closely are they monitoring the ANS in a given body of water in order to take fish from one to the other? In my humble experience, fish look terrible after having been exposed to bleach.

Because it's their job and they know what they're doing.

 

[Enslow]

These types of practices will spread ANS. Without Zebra mussels I would be all for this.

 

[Allen]

What's a "trap net"?

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Because it's their job and they know what they're doing.

Hey, I have a lot of respect overall for the guys and gals at NDGF. I'm just venting in the silliness of having to pull my plugs before leaving the ramp in the watershed in which I live. Mostly because the rules are written to the lowest common denominator. Kinda like the closing of the season on shovelnose sturgeon, because in their view we idiots can't tell the difference between a shovel and a pallid.

Guess we idiots better hope sauger never get listed as an endangered species!

 

[Enslow]

Because it's their job and they know what they're doing.

So the people moving the fish are trained to test the water for zebra mussels? I bet none of those lakes are even tested.

 

[guywhofishes]

I thought ANS was unstoppable cuz birds transfer it?
;:;popcorn

 

[MuskyManiac]

So the people moving the fish are trained to test the water for zebra mussels? I bet none of those lakes are even tested.

I would assume they know the water quality of the body they are transferring to and from and that they are compatible. I could assume wrong, but I doubt they just put the fish "wherever".

I know zebras get a lot of the press, but I think nuisance vegetation is just as much of an issue.