I have caught a few in a minnow trap but completely by accident. I don't know, but I would try a fish dip net with fairly fine mesh. From what I have seen on u-tube they run the dip net along underwater plants as the shrimp feed on the plants.

What I would try is go out at night and run the dip net along the bottom, as the shrimp are actively feeding at night. I have a longer pvc handle taped on a hand dip net just for such purposes. One thing I need to do to it is split a piece of plastic hose and zip tie around the aluminum frame at the end over the netting. Dragging a dip net along a bottom (mine has rock lining) is hard on the netting where it attaches to the frame. A hose would protect it as it is dragged across the bottoms. Good dip nets are not cheap.

I actually need to try that again. Don't know if my PK shrimp population ever took off or not in my forage pond. Caught just a few that way last year but have not checked this year.

John

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