Mark
>From: "Mike Bessert" <mbesser1-in-bigred.unl.edu>
>Reply-To: nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org
>To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
>Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- Arkansas Convention
>Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:15:18 -0500
>
>Mark -
>
>That wouldn't be unlikely. How big were they and what condition were they
>in? We used to trammel net paddlefish below that dam. The largest one we
>ever tagged was 67lbs (a bit of a chore to get into the boat). We had
>several other fish in the same net, so we quickly took data, tagged, and
>released the largest one first. We always worked as fast as possible to
>reduce stress and limit mortality. In fact, my boss said each paddlefish
>we
>handled was a "thousand dollar" fish for all the money the state spends on
>management. Anyway...about the time we finished the last one, we saw 15-20
>gulls going after something on the surface about 200 meters downstream. We
>were none too happy because we thought the big one didn't make it and
>hustled down to investigate. In fact, it was a dead paddlefish, but not
>the
>one we tagged. Although it was roughly the same size, it was cut cleanly
>in
>half midway between the anal and pectoral fins. We figured it must have
>gone through the turbines because most of the boats up there don't have
>props big enough to make a clean cut of that diameter.
>
>- Mike
>
>
>I'm wondering if the dead fish I saw were sucked through the dam and that
>is
>
>what killed them.
>
>Mark
>
>
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