The entire basket would be below the thermocline - with very low DO levels. I was wondering about that issue - would lead to a basket of dead fish, potentially. Ugh...major blunder! I wonder if running it parallel to the shore would work - maybe at a slight angle so basket is in around 6' depth instead of 12'? Would be easier to implement, too, saving the need for boat, etc.

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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