Shocking Results

steamstomper · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:18 am Post subject: Shocking Results

The DEP shocked the Farmington this week. Has anyone received any results. It would be nice to know if C&R is really working.

kpmoose · Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:

What do they do to shock the River? What are they trying to get rid of? Just curious- I'm relatively new to fishing (past year or so).

steamstomper · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject:

I'm not completely versed in the methods used for shocking. But they add an small electric current to stun the fish. Purportedly it does not hurt them. This allow a counting and measurement to check on survival rates and for other research.

kpmoose · Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:16 pm Post subject:

steamstomper · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject:

It's only no good if they forget to warn you to get out of the water before the shock is applied! Shocked

kpmoose · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject:

I guess that would suck.

steamstomper · Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:52 pm Post subject:

It would be a shocking experience!! Shocked

steamstomper · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:58 pm Post subject:

Check out FRAA.ORG for pictures of this year's shocking.

kpmoose · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:38 pm Post subject:

cool pics. Is this one a brown trout? (I havn't fished for trout much)

overstdr · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 11:09 am Post subject:

yeah that looks like a nice brown trout...older male brown trouts develop a curved lower jaw, so im guessing that might be a female, not positive though.

cferrer · Baitfish Rank Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 4 Total Points: 4

This a practuce done by the DEP and Fishery biologists to asses the abundance as well as growth patterns of this fish in the body of water. It is supposed to not harm the fish in terms of mortality or future growth, Rather is it used to assess to overall staus of the fish population and determine if the water body would benefit from certain restrictions in fish take.