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Greeting everyone .... Can I make a fish shocker ... out of a Lionel Multivolt Transformer ... 120 volts / 60 watts Alternating Current ...... as seen in picture ...
If I can .... how do I wire I to work in a shallow slow running creek ? Any help would great ....
Thanks Doug
I would not if I were you. First thing good chance you get killed second if you don't the game warden probably going to frown on it pretty bad. Most states it is illegal.
Need to put that thing on ebay, no telling what it's worth with the box.
By the way welcome to the board from NW Mississippi.
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Originally Posted by cray
THANK for the good advice ... the creek is small on private property ...with with no game fish in it ... just several types chubs I would like to transfer to 18 acre private pond / lake for bass food .....
That is interesting. I would like to know if that is successful for you. We do not have chubs in this area and I have only seen them in real cold trout streams over in Arkansas. I did not know they would live outside a stream.
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These are what I am after Native Fish Investigations Project and Redside Shiner (Richardsonius balteatus) - FactSheet
I would be careful about transferring fish from one body of water to another as game and fish dept frown on this also....
I'd think you might be better off trapping them.
Very interesting reads. Looks like those studies have gone on for a long time. Think I might try some old fashoned minnow traps in those streams or get a buddy to help you pull a seine through the shallows. Good luck on your endeavor. Let us know how you do.
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Originally Posted by eric 3501
I agree , but just about every pond in Oregon has these in them .. Mine is a fairly new pond .. and is quarry hole of 18 acres and 40 feet deep at its deepest ... and stocked with bass ..... and they are hungry .... I also have been putting crawdads in along with some BG's ....
SO ..... will this work for a fish shocker ? and if yes .... how do I make it ?
I see some good reasons in your pix for you not to take a chance on shocking yourself. Those your children?
Just buy one online, hek, they make them in a skoal can. Called a fish stunner, even have instructions on how to build them.
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Originally Posted by "D"
Grand Children ... and my lab who thinks he is a fishing dog ... Not a duck dog ..... On the shock part ... I have a big pair of rubber boots..
You need to send that picture to Slab for a calander shot, great picture.
First I would keep that thing AWAY from any wet area. Some of those had neutral grounds and non polarized plugs on them. In other words if plugged in the wrong way the any metal you touch on the outside is HOT. and is an electrical shock just waiting to get you.
Like was said before ...Your grand kids want to keep you with them.
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Originally Posted by dfar
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BT , I was going to have my grand kids hold it .... No really you win .. am going to give up on this idea ...
Thanks ........ Doug
SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT BAIT FISH AND STOCKED A YEAR BEFORE ADDING BASS. BASS WILL EAT ANY PAN FISH
TOO!
Make a few of these and they will catch minnows. They are better than any other trap that I have ever used. Just make sure it is legal to use them where you live.:twocents
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/live-...8-minnow-trap/
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Originally Posted by NIMROD
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Not when they are this size ............
Wow! Thats a good one. Check out fish stunner on ebay. Your on your own if you get caught using it. They are against the law to use in most if not in all states.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/attac...shocker-bg-jpg
They'll eat them BEFORE they get that size !! And likely why the Bluegill DO get that size. (since the Bass will help control the numbers & keep the Bluegills from overpopulating the lake).Quote:
Originally Posted by sshotgun
You may not want to feed the Bass, if that's the case. If you change the feeding habits (prey) of the Bass, and get them to leave the Bluegill alone (more or less), then you might end up with bigger Bass but smaller Bluegill. Putting any kind of soft rayed fish in, for the Bass to eat, can turn them away from the spiny rayed Bluegill as their primary prey.
... cp :kewl
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Bigger Bass is what I am trying to achieve ... as far as the law ... I am not a real fan of the Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife .... Being a life long Oregonian .... and hunter and fisherman all my life .... NO , better stop here .... could go all nite on why I don't like the ODF&W ... and NO , I have never been arrested ....
Buy yourself a seine & take the grandkids. They will love it.
And IF you do so ... be sure and be able to correctly identify ANY species of fish that you take back to your pond. Don't assume that the Bass will eat everything you throw in there. Green Sunfish and other species that you seine from a creek can mess up the balance of your waters.Quote:
Originally Posted by kycreekboy
Case in point :
We have a 784 acre lake here in KY, that was supposed to be a trophy Bass lake. It was supposed to have Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Black Crappie, Bluegill, and Shellcrackers ONLY. The idea was to have the Bass & Cats keep the population of the others in check by using them as their foodsource. No other species was supposed to be present. Unfortunately, the killing off of all other species of fish, prior to the filling of the lake & the stocking of these fish, did not completely work. Gizzard Shad came back after a couple of years, as did many other undesirable sunfish species, and the Bass keyed in on the Shad & left the Bluegill alone. The Black Crappie have taken almost 10 years to get to any appreciable size, and there have been White Crappie caught .... which may be a sign that the Crappie population could be in trouble. The lake has also been stocked with Rainbow Trout, the majority of which probably die from the water temps more than being eaten by the Bass or caught by anglers. One can only assume that the trophy Bass lake experiment was a failure, and the lake is now just a normal 784 acre lake whose fish populations will eventually revert back to the stunted growth situation of its earlier years.
My point being .... be very careful what you put in your waters !! You may be doing more harm than you realize.
... cp :kewl