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Watch out boys! You will get more bees (or fish rather) with honey; at least I think that is how the saying goes. Dinner and a movie would do the trick. Seining a pond does not really bother me though. I still get a kick out of having mud between my toes (virtual ugh from the group). Nothing better than rolling up your pant's legs, putting on a ball cap, kicking off your shoes, and pulling a seine through the water. I'm such a little lady, aren't I?
Do fish actually kiss?
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I guess that is why I am going in on this project with Bruce, so that he can do all the work. Besides, he has someone to fix his back if he overworks it.
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Bruce:
Advantages to having a bag: > Catch more % of fish > Provides more room and depth for fish while harvesting. Best way is to use long stakes to hold up the bag making a big bowl. > Catches jumping fish like lmb, grass carp, and bluegill better
Disadvantages: > May drag in silt > Heavy and harder to pull > More difficult to manage > Requires more manpower.
We use a soft bagged seine when harvesting bluegill, hsbs, grass carp, lmb...125 ft long with 8x8x8ft bag.
It's ALL about the fish!
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Dave I get the wife to help out when the employees are not around. I usually find extras on the honey Do list when I look it over. Of course you saw her no seining right now as big as she is getting.
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Greg, do the right thing. Buy her a nice wheelbarrow so she won't have as much trouble getting around. DUCK!!!
It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
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Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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Hey Greg how far along are you all? I meant to talk to you about that at the meeting, but a lot of things went unsaid (not enough time). I really am proud for you. I took the same route (IVF) and am the proudest mommy in the world. How many are on board, and when are you due? Your life is about to change forever. PS Words of wisdom... don't tick off a pregnant woman especially in the third trimester. It is a complete mystery how objects will suddenly get hurled your way. Take the "yes mam" and "no mam" route in order to stay whole (and sane). In fact sane is better than seine at this point. :p
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NEDOC Wrote: BTW, does your Sutton buddy work cheap? Nedoc - he sure does, but you will have to get final permission from his boss, sometimes known as his better half, otherwise he gets in really big trouble if he is doing something she knows nothing about. As to the catfish question we are probable good, we just put another 100 CC last fall in the 8-10" range. Just so you know, I've been out with a nasty case of upper respitory influenza for last few days and havn't checked the PB board since Friday.
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Glad you're feeling better, SHOR-TAY.
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:" "She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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I will see his better half tomorrow. I may have to run it by her. We may have to have a small regional meeting when we seine this pond. It would be nice if we could catch several hundred pounds of bottom feeders/carp. I am thinking of getting a stock tank to put the fish in to run fresh water to them for a few days and than cleaning them.
If you ever get down this way look me up. I can show off my pond to you. 180 degrees the opposite of your pond.
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I'm out your way all the time in the fall Nedoc! Let me know when you are ready to seine.
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I don't like the bag for several reasons. First, if you catch too many fish, they can quickly become overcrowded in a bag, in a pond with no quick aeration. You are forced to move fish quickly. I don't care for that. Next, I don't always pull the seine equally, side to side. With a bag, you must pull the seine toward the bag. If you have fish of different sizes, or different species, the big ones beat up the small ones. I like to allow them room to move and separate according to size. Bruce, you noticed how the fish separated themselves in the seine? You can't work them as well in a bag. Bags, to me, are for big numbers of big fish to be handled in a big way, fast. You saw what happened when we took our time.
Teach a man to grow fish... He can teach to catch fish...
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Thanks Bob. I think we have decided to go without the bag, so it is nice to see you agree with that choice. How is the house coming along?
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The slab is cleared, inspected by an engineer, we are working with an architect to finalize plans, then we'll start to rebuild.
Teach a man to grow fish... He can teach to catch fish...
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Tell the wife I said hello. I would love to see pictures as the house progresses. ICF homes fascinate me.
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Ordered the seine just now. I'll post a picture of it when it arrives if anyone is interested.
Holding a redear sunfish is like running with scissors.
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"Live like you'll die tomorrow, but manage your grass like you'll live forever." -S. M. Stirling
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I'm interested in a picture of it Bruce. Seriously, I meant to email you today to ask about ETA of the seine. Of course, with this snow my mind got sidetracked.
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Two weeks, they told me. Can't wait!
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Thanks again, Bruce, for all of the work. I can't wait!!!
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Bruce, can you give us the exact details of what you ordered? I'm thinking of getting one so that I can sample our lake more throughly.
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I purchased a seine that is 100 feet long by 10 feet deep with 1/4 inch mesh, mudline, floats every eighteen inches and specially coated for scaled fish. 580 bucks. It's the same one Bob Lusk uses. 'Nuff said.
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It's not about the fish. It's about the pond. Take care of the pond and the fish will be fine. PB subscriber since before it was in color.
Without a sense of urgency, Nothing ever gets done.
Boy, if I say "sic em", you'd better look for something to bite. Sam Shelley Rancher and Farmer Muleshoe Texas 1892-1985 RIP
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What kind of treating for scaled fish? Is is like a silicone? I got my seine from Nichols net and twine 6 or 7 years ago and a "hatchery seine" 10x100x1/4 inch treated with a net preserve would be 400 bucks. Six years later and different treating might be the difference in price but Norm might want to compare prices. Sorry I'm too late for you, Bruce.
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Here is the home page. You must call them for info on a custom seine: http://www.nicholsnetandtwine.com/ If anyone contacts them, I would like to know about pricing.
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Has anyone tried a gill net? I was thinking about getting one.
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