Definitions
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- noun a kind of
fishing that useselectricity tostun the fish before they are caught, often used in scientific surveys so that the fish can be studied and returned to the water alive
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just like lightening, the electricity in electrofishing takes the path of least resistance when traveling through the water.
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Just like lightening, the electricity in electrofishing takes the path of least resistance when traveling through the water.
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The group used a technique known as electrofishing to capture a sample of various fish from the river.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN MERRINGER 2011
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The group used a technique known as electrofishing to capture a sample of various fish from the river.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN MERRINGER 2011
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Utah Department of Natural Resources biologist take a population count of fish in the Provo River using 'electrofishing' nets.
unknown title 2008
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For bottom dwelling species like catfish and sculpin, electrofishing can work, like the old crank phone boxes meantioned by CGULL above, but the data is not as reliable, as the fish do not float to the surface as effectively when shocked, preventing consistent data.
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One final interesting note about electrofishing: It only works to capture fish in freshwater.
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If the fish you are interested in are water column species (bass, bluegill, walleye, yellow perch ....) then electrofishing catch rates are a great way to compare lakes to each other.
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I have held a lot of large bass while fishing and electrofishing, and never have I seen anything like this.
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I have held a lot of large bass while fishing and electrofishing, and never have I seen anything like this.
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