Age 0-1 SMB rarely sample in minnow traps in my experience - your best method for sampling would be seine or cast nets if you're looking for SMB recruitment evidence.

Great thread...got me engaged in the forum again. Back to hibernation until the next Northern Fishery topic pops up.

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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