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---2114655128-189252792-1334766670=:8456 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dusan=0ASome rivers there will be quite a few traps late in the summer.= =0AAlmost any fish is fine for bait. The price of eels has not been very go= od for the=0Aanglers the last few years so not so many bother to set their = traps.=0ASome anglers set more permanent wooden traps which of course need = be removed each year.=A0=0AOften high water will wash the traps away so the= y might be found almost=0Aanywhere along the river.=0AVaries with the price= .=0AThe price of elvers is very good just now so the elver fishery is in fu= ll swing.=0AHave a nice spring=0APaul=0A=0A=0A_____________________________= ___=0A From: Dusan Soudek <soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto= .ns.ca =0ASent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:11:50 AM=0ASubject: [NatureNS]= Eel Traps ?=0A =0A=A0 Recently, while cleaning up a campsite on Hants Cou= nty's Herbert River, I came across a pair of cone-shaped pieces of galvaniz= ed metal with holes at the apices. Bits of rusted chicken wire were still a= ttached. =0A=A0 A local fisherman told me that they are the end-pieces of = a cylindrical eel trap. Obviously, the chicken wire that had held the pair = of conical metal endpieces together (and the captured eels inside) had rust= ed out.=0A=A0 Anyone on NatureNS with an eel trap story? Are there other d= esigns of eel traps out there, besides these cylinders and besides eel weir= s? What do you use for bait?=0A=A0 Dusan Soudek ---2114655128-189252792-1334766670=:8456 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Dusan</= span></div><div><span>Some rivers there will be quite a few traps late in t= he summer.</span></div><div><span>Almost any fish is fine for bait. The pri= ce of eels has not been very good for the</span></div><div><span>anglers th= e last few years so not so many bother to set their traps.</span></div><div= ><span>Some anglers set more permanent wooden traps which of course need be= removed each year. </span></div><div><span>Often high water will wash= the traps away so they might be found almost</span></div><div><span>anywhe= re along the river.</span></div><div>Varies with the price.</div><div><span= >The price of elvers is very good just now so the elver fishery is in full = swing.</span></div><div><span>Have a nice spring</span></div><div><span>Pau= l</span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style=3D= "font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;= "> <div dir=3D"ltr"> <font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"> <hr size=3D"1"> <b>= <span style=3D"font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Dusan Soudek <soudekd= @ns.sympatico.ca><br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</span></= b> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br> <b><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Sent:= </span></b> Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:11:50 AM<br> <b><span style=3D"fon= t-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [NatureNS] Eel Traps ?<br> </font> </d= iv> <br> Recently, while cleaning up a campsite on Hants County's He= rbert River, I came across a pair of cone-shaped pieces of galvanized metal= with holes at the apices. Bits of rusted chicken wire were still attached.= <br> A local fisherman told me that they are the end-pieces of a cy= lindrical eel trap. Obviously, the chicken wire that had held the pair of c= onical metal endpieces together (and the captured eels inside) had rusted out.<br= > Anyone on NatureNS with an eel trap story? Are there other designs= of eel traps out there, besides these cylinders and besides eel weirs? Wha= t do you use for bait?<br> Dusan Soudek<br> <br> = <br><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html> ---2114655128-189252792-1334766670=:8456--
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