I was hoping BG would chime in here, since he invented the thing,
but he has the best net I have ever seen for sampling without
getting your feet wet. He calls it a "hoop net", which is exactly
what it looks like. It's essentially a fish-sized plankton net, about
2.5 feet in diameter, and 1/8" mesh. You throw it out, let it sink to
the right depth, and then pull it in with a 20' rope. We used it to
get the lone P. hubbsi from water I would never attempt to seine.
Prost,
Martin
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"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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