DAY 19 of The 30 Day Fishing Challenge lead us on a lifelong dream of going electro fishing. How many times have you been fishing a bank, not getting bit, and thought to yourself…”I wonder how many fish are actually right under the boat”? Well we got to see it first hand just how many fish were under the boat today.
Jason, Steve, and Collin with the VDGIF took Ace and I out on their trip to sample the largemouth bass population on Lake Robertson in Lexington VA, which is a small 31 acre impoundment nestled up in the mountains. We made a full trip around the lake and shocked for three 15 minute increments. Once the fish were in the livewell, we’d pull over to sample them. Jason and Collin would record the fishes length, and check it’s fin to see if it was clipped from last week to record a recatch, and then clip the anal fin in order to see if they catch any of those fish again next week. The lakes population is clearly really healthy because out of the 140+ fish that we caught, (if I recall correctly) the recatch rate was under 10%.
Huge thanks again to you guys for taking us out and can’t wait to go do that again. ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WILL ASK – All fish were released alive, and generally they have less than a 1% mortality rate while sampling.
After the electrofishing trip Ace and I ran up to the Shenandoah for 2 hours of muskie fishing. Check it out to see if we got lucky.
Thanks for watching, Like and Subscribe…..time to go fishing
~SB
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Seriously this is awesome to learn about and is absolutely critical to know how a lake's fish population is!!! Great, great video!!
Why cut the fin
I'm surprised there aren't any Karens from PETA in the comment section crying "animal cruelty"
I eat what i Catch..Good way to Fish
What's the purpose of electrifying fishes and measuring them? Honestly I feel like u guys r just punishing these innocent creatures.
There is no skill involved in this, why would anyone enjoy it? I used to fish with my dad when I was younger and it was a way of getting back to nature in a sense. This isn't even sport, its just electrifying fish and pretending to yourself you did a good job.
That one fish trying to jump out the box
I gotta get outta here
You guys realize that there is absolutely no skill or challenge in this type of fishing right?
This is why the fishing sucks there
Why clip a small piece of the fin? so you know you caught it? its make them honey to replenish the pond faster? something other?
This is cool but your just throwing the bass around without care
How many volt you shock the fish?
Awesome
A waste of tax money. Fisherman could produce similar data.
Kind of fuck up
whts watts bro
Valentino rossi????
Вот , настоящая электроудочка ! Ловят и отпускают и никакого вреда рыбе , а наши дебилы , визжат , как свиньи " вот ! Вю рыбу , всех лягушек уубииили и рыба не клюет " Твари дебильные ! Вы , хоть знаете – кто придумал электроудочку ? Ее придумали Советские ученые , для отлова и мечения маточного поголовья ценных видов дальневосточных рыб ( тайменя , ленка , кижуча и прочих лососевых ) в челях изучения миграции , развития и много еще чего . И было это , еще в начале 1960х годов , когда многих из этих визжащих , еще и на кончике хуя , их папаши не висело . Даже мне , в это время , лет 5 , где то было . Настоящая , правильная электроудочка , не приносит вреда рыбе , ни тем более мальку и прочим биоресурсам , а то , что делают китайцы – это глушитель всего живого , вплоть до водолазов ! Так , что прошу , не путать (хуй с гусиной шеей ) !
“Hit it and go”
Neat project. Never see that here in colorado. Would be interested in seeing a public release of our conditions
You should quit fishing
In my country, it’s prohibited to catch fish using electrocity
Musky are the fish of 1000 casts they’re not very aggressive eaters