Steve, I agree that it is not to be used unless NEEDED to be used. I'd much rather use the good ol' fashioned "look and see" method. However, when you are tagging the fish for release back into the water, or to weigh them and record data on them and such, (again, my humble but overstated opinion) electrofishing is the way to go. As for the high mortality rate, I've not found rates that high - but that is because we used the lowest setting possible and "pulsed" the current for a second, then saw what the group could net, and repeated. If just counting, I agree with you that it's not waranted. It's kinda hard to get a fish to sit still while you go over and tag it, though <G> If only fishing were so easy... but that'd take the fun of the challenge from it.
In any case, I meant no offense, and hope it wasn't received that way. Tight wraps, Pete ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
