There is nothing to prevent Madtom or any other catfish from becoming
entangled in netting that I know of.
The black tar coating will make your seine too stiff and it will lose it's
flexibility. The other two net-dips that you mentioned will only serve to
"dye" the neeting and won't provide any defense against catfish spines.
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "james graham" <busterg_at_voyager.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 7:19 AM
Subject: NANFA-- net coating
> At the recent meeting in Ann Arbor while seining we caught quite a few
> bullheads, most managed to get caught in the seine. After removing them I
now
> have about ten holes in my seine.I know, it gives the fish a sporting
> chance.Nylon-net has two different coatings you can get, netcoat(tar
> treatment) and plasit-net which comes in green or black.I wonder if these
> coatings would prevent them from getting caught in the seines. Does anyone
> have any experience with these coatings?
>
> Jim Graham
> Hastings Mi
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