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Show TlBy JIM RHODYf-V Electric Seine An expanded version of an electric elec-tric seine used on smaller trout streams in the East is paying dividends di-vidends for the Kentucky division of game and fish. The seine used by the Kentucky division was constructed by Leonard Leon-ard Joeris, division technician, and is a variation of one described by John T. Funk of the Missouri conservation commission Joeris' seine consists of a two-strand two-strand rubber-coaled cable of No. 12 wire, 150 feet long. The first 50 feet of the cable form a lead wire from the generator. A probe polo is securely attached to the cable at either end of the remaining 100 feet. These probe poles are 7 feet Ions and tipped with a strip of co-per co-per plate i2l) inches lung and s,i ft, A, ,'',.. LMf COM i i Shown In the top drawing Ih the generator used in powering the electric seine, and, below, details of the seine's construction. construc-tion. inches wide) folded over the lower end. The seine between the poles is held up by 14 floats made from 18-inch sections of 2x4-inch lumber. Twenty-seven additional electrodes are spaced at 3Mi-foot intervals between be-tween the two probes. The power plant, or generator. Is an alternating current type, belt-driven, belt-driven, and develops 6' horsepower horse-power at 2,400 rpm's. This generator genera-tor is larger and more powerful than most generators in use for electric seines or shockers throughout through-out the United States at the present time. The seine works very well in relatively clear water less than four feet deep. The seine shocks all species of fish equally well, but the large fish seem to be shocked i more successfully than the finger-lings finger-lings and fry. If the seine is moved slowly, little danger of killing fish is apparent. All species of fish recover re-cover rapidly and sustain no damage. This writer saw Joeris and fellow workers of the Kentucky division use the seine in Elkhorn creek, near Frankfort, Ky., and can testify testi-fy to its effectiveness. However, Joeris, who aparently is a perfectionist, perfec-tionist, says "no attempt has been made ... to evaluate the success of the seine in various types and conditions of water because sufficient suf-ficient reliable data has never been collected. dbd Action Packed Continuing and Increasing reports re-ports of Its effectiveness are proving that Fred Arbogast & Company's famed topwater lure, the "Hula Popper," Is really making fishing history. The impressive voluntary testimonials testi-monials from enthusiastic anglers ang-lers demonstrate, as nothing else could, just how deadly the "popper" is in angling for bass. A killer, especially for big bass, the "popper" obeys the slightest wrist command. It can be made to pop, plunk, twitch or jerk at will, or to make plenty of noise and eon-fusion eon-fusion on the surface. Two North Carolina fishermen, Ed Howell and W. G. Hood, Jr., of Goldsboro, claim that "if bass don't strike it, they 'aint' there." The Hula Popper floats when at rest and the small hula skirt Roes into action, imitating a live bug. It seems to make bass fighting mad. The Arbogast company also makes the "popper" in fly-rod size, and it, too, is bringing in thoi bass. HDD Watch It! Wisconsin conservation wardeni are blaming the Chinese for somi undersized trout found in fishermen's fisher-men's creels. It seems the Chinese, in placing rulers on trout creels, are something less than particular about the accuracy of the rulers. As a result, some of the creel rulers are from three fourths to five-eights five-eights of an inch short on the seven-inch seven-inch length. The wardens concede that the fishermen bought thest creels in good faith. |
