. Annual report - Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Wildlife management; Fishery management. Fish tor fairs and exhibits are furnished by the Fish Management Division. WIRE CATFISH TRAPS One series of 50 wire catfish traps was u&ed for a total of 1,930 trap days (one trap in water for 24 hours constitutes one trap day). This is equivalent to keeping one trap under obser- vation for over 5 years. This series of traps was baited with herring and other rough fish, as is done in normal trapping operations. The results were as follows: Total catfish taken 5,225 lbs. Total game fish
. Annual report - Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. Wildlife management; Fishery management. Fish tor fairs and exhibits are furnished by the Fish Management Division. WIRE CATFISH TRAPS One series of 50 wire catfish traps was u&ed for a total of 1,930 trap days (one trap in water for 24 hours constitutes one trap day). This is equivalent to keeping one trap under obser- vation for over 5 years. This series of traps was baited with herring and other rough fish, as is done in normal trapping operations. The results were as follows: Total catfish taken 5,225 lbs. Total game fish 359 lbs. or of all fish Average catfish per trap day lbs. Average game fish per trap day lbs. Average No. game fish per trap day fish During the trapping experiment, three small bream were found dead. Game fish taken included Bluegill, Shellcracker, Redbreast, and Crappie. No bass were taken. In view of the evi- dence that less than 7% of the catch, amounting to game fish was taken from each trap each day, and the extremely low mortality of the game fish, it is not felt that the use of wire catfish traps baited with herring and rough fish is detrimental to the supply of game fish in the St. Johns River. AnotRier series of wire traps was baited with cut bluegill and crappie for 52 trap days to determine whether this bait would effectively catch catfish. The results are as follows: Total catfish taken lbs. Total game fish taken lbs. Average catfish per trap day lbs. Average game fish per trap day lbs. Average No. game fish per trap day fish ^ 59 ^. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Florida. Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission. [Tallahassee] Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission
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