Winter Fish Traps and Methods of Using the Same
AssigneeDonald L. Hey
InventorsDonald L. Hey, Roy C. Heidinger, Robert J. Curran
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Abstract
Winter fish traps and methods of using the same are disclosed. A method of trapping fish is provided that includes locating a substantially immobile group of fish in a body of water, providing a semi-rigid water-permeable trap having a bottom opening, lowering the trap opening over the group of fish onto a bottom surface of the body of water to trap the group of fish, remotely operating a semi-rigid door to cover the trap opening while the fish trap is resting on the bottom surface, and retrieving the fish trap from the body of water.
Claims19
A method of trapping fish, the method comprising:
- locating a substantially immobile group of fish in a body of water;
- providing a semi-rigid water-permeable trap having a bottom opening;
- lowering the trap opening over the group of fish onto a bottom surface of the body of water to trap the group of fish;
- remotely operating a semi-rigid door to cover the trap opening while the fish trap is resting on the bottom surface;
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- retrieving the fish trap from the body of water.
A fish trap comprising:
- a semi-rigid water-permeable chamber having an opening, the chamber to trap fish when the fish trap is lowered over the fish to rest on a bottom surface of a body of water;
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- a semi-rigid door operable to cover the opening while the fish trap is resting on the bottom surface, and to retain the fish in the chamber when the fish trap is retrieved from the bottom surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.