Re: NANFA-- Louisiana collecting trip

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:51:18 -0700

I'm sorry _ i spoke too soon! I'm unfamiliar with that type of net, i
thought you were referring to a "cast" or "spread" net, I've caught more
than one mess of shrimp to put in gumbo with them! and the only hoop net I
was familiar with is what i had described - it's actually more like a trap.

My apologies.
----- Original Message -----
From: D. Martin Moore <archimedes_at_master.localink4.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Louisiana collecting trip

>
>
> Quoth William Allen jr. regarding Re: NANFA-- Louisiana collecting tr:
>
> > One minor detail - the type of net referred to is generally called a
> > "cast net" around here. A "hoop net" is another device entirely. Used
> > frequently by commercial fishermen, it is a series of hoops
> > connecting by netting to make a sort of tube and placed (stationary)
> > on the bottom so that the current flows into the tube, bringing with
> > it large catfish, "buffalo", "drums" and other food fish.
> >
> > A cast net is the type of net used by Jesus' disciples in the Bible
> > when instructed, "Cast your net into the sea", although it is doubtful
> > that theirs were made of nylon.
>
> The net Bruce is referring to resembles a plankton net more than a
> cast net or commercial "hoop net". It functions very differently as
> well. Go to Memphis Net & Twine's website and view their "shad
> scoop". It is essentially the same net.
>
>
> Prost,
>
> Martin
> ------
> "Cry to it, nuncle. as the cockney did to the eels when she put
> 'em i' the paste alive; she knapped 'em o' the coxcombs with a
> stick, and cried 'Down wantons, down!'"
>
>
>
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