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Has anyone in N.C. Ever been catfish shocking??
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If they have I don't think they are stupid enough to admit it! It's illegal.
not in North Carolina
i dont even know what it is? please tell!
you should only do it where it is legal but what you do is pull a wire behind the boat. the wire draggs the bottom of the river where the catfish are settled. then the cat fish pop up to the top but you only have a few seconds cause the shock wears off in less than a minute.
game and fish officals electroshock fish to find fish numbers in bodies of water. they take great care and have the right equipment and experience to eloctroshock saftly. I dont know of any states where electroshocking is legal.
electroshock safely, sorry I have big fingers and cant type well to boot.
I remember when I was 8 years old, came walking into the living room at my Grandfathers carrying the crank box of an old telephone and guess who was visiting him?
YEP, the Game Warden himself!
Some timing!!
GEE Officer, I’m just giving the fish a little electroshock therapy!
There used to be a lot of research on the flathead catfish in the Deep River, which joins with the Haw River to form the Cape Fear River, close to Sanford, NC. The flathead catfish is introduced to NC from the Mississippi drainage, and has caused a lot of problems for native fish species. Students from NC State shocked out there at least once a week for several years to monitor the population. They looked at diets of the flatheads, movement, habitat use, contaminants in the tissues, and reproduction. Their equipment is much more effective and expensive than the old crank boxes. The studies are completed, and have been published in scientific journals, which can be difficult to get access to, unless you have access to a University library.
I live in NC and know that is illegal You hear of a few old fromers talking about the old crank boxes but I dont think anyone should be going out there and doing it, that causes alot of stress on the fish and no one knows for sure the long term effects on the fish
Not in NC. In the 1950's my part of the country was transitioning and it wasn't illegal yet. My mom couldn't make calls most Sunday afternoons because my brothers and I were down "calling catfish". It works like a champ but has been made illegal by most if not all states. We used a couple of boats and dipped them up with hand nets. Some swam out on the shore and we would pick them up. It was a good way to tell what the population of fish was at certain points in the river. We would drop down behind a wing dike in the Missouri and about 50 fish would be tail walking. I can tell you first hand what the long term effect on the fish was... they were fried and devoured by my entire family. I would note that we never got as many fish with this techniques as we did with throw lines, traps and just regular fishing... it was just something different and it was fun.
Shocking catfish is now legal in several rivers in NC.You must first buy a license called a special devices license from the state and it cost $10.00 a year. You must know what rivers it is allowed to be preformed in. There are also set times of the year it is not allowed. You must use a hand cranked device not electronic or motor driven units. It is fun and it is not harmful to anything. The legalization of this has helped the Red Brest and Blue Gill bream population to increase due to the cats, thier preditor being removed to some degree. I have built my own shocker from an old crank telephone and it does work. The water needs to be 70 degrees or more and it must be running water. You put your leads in the water and ease around. When a fish surfaces you have only a short time to dip him up or away he goes. The decision to legalize this was very needed in our area because the flat head cats were out of control and fish that are 5 to 60 lbs. can eat a lot of bream any size. You should check your local laws before trying this or you could end up in big trouble.
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If they have I don't think they are stupid enough to admit it! It's illegal.
game and fish officals electroshock fish to find fish numbers in bodies of water. they take great care and have the right equipment and experience to eloctroshock saftly. I dont know of any states where electroshocking is legal.
I remember when I was 8 years old, came walking into the living room at my Grandfathers carrying the crank box of an old telephone and guess who was visiting him?
YEP, the Game Warden himself!
Some timing!!
not in North Carolina
i dont even know what it is? please tell!
you should only do it where it is legal but what you do is pull a wire behind the boat. the wire draggs the bottom of the river where the catfish are settled. then the cat fish pop up to the top but you only have a few seconds cause the shock wears off in less than a minute.
electroshock safely, sorry I have big fingers and cant type well to boot.
GEE Officer, I’m just giving the fish a little electroshock therapy!
There used to be a lot of research on the flathead catfish in the Deep River, which joins with the Haw River to form the Cape Fear River, close to Sanford, NC. The flathead catfish is introduced to NC from the Mississippi drainage, and has caused a lot of problems for native fish species. Students from NC State shocked out there at least once a week for several years to monitor the population. They looked at diets of the flatheads, movement, habitat use, contaminants in the tissues, and reproduction. Their equipment is much more effective and expensive than the old crank boxes. The studies are completed, and have been published in scientific journals, which can be difficult to get access to, unless you have access to a University library.
I live in NC and know that is illegal You hear of a few old fromers talking about the old crank boxes but I dont think anyone should be going out there and doing it, that causes alot of stress on the fish and no one knows for sure the long term effects on the fish
Shocking catfish is now legal in several rivers in NC.You must first buy a license called a special devices license from the state and it cost $10.00 a year. You must know what rivers it is allowed to be preformed in. There are also set times of the year it is not allowed. You must use a hand cranked device not electronic or motor driven units. It is fun and it is not harmful to anything. The legalization of this has helped the Red Brest and Blue Gill bream population to increase due to the cats, thier preditor being removed to some degree. I have built my own shocker from an old crank telephone and it does work. The water needs to be 70 degrees or more and it must be running water. You put your leads in the water and ease around. When a fish surfaces you have only a short time to dip him up or away he goes. The decision to legalize this was very needed in our area because the flat head cats were out of control and fish that are 5 to 60 lbs. can eat a lot of bream any size. You should check your local laws before trying this or you could end up in big trouble.
Not in NC. In the 1950's my part of the country was transitioning and it wasn't illegal yet. My mom couldn't make calls most Sunday afternoons because my brothers and I were down "calling catfish". It works like a champ but has been made illegal by most if not all states. We used a couple of boats and dipped them up with hand nets. Some swam out on the shore and we would pick them up. It was a good way to tell what the population of fish was at certain points in the river. We would drop down behind a wing dike in the Missouri and about 50 fish would be tail walking. I can tell you first hand what the long term effect on the fish was... they were fried and devoured by my entire family. I would note that we never got as many fish with this techniques as we did with throw lines, traps and just regular fishing... it was just something different and it was fun.
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