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.
Claims17
A method of trapping a substantially immobile group of fish in a body of water comprising:
- locating the substantially immobile group of fish in the body of water;
- providing a semi-rigid water-permeable trap having a base portion with sides defining a bottom opening at the distal end of the trap, and an inwardly-opened door inside the trap and behind the opening;
- lowering the trap opening over the group of fish onto a bottom surface of the body of water to trap the substantially immobile group of fish;
- remotely closing the door to block the opening while the opening is resting on the bottom surface to trap the group of fish within the trap;
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- retrieving the fish trap from the body of water.
A fish trap for trapping a substantially immobile group of fish in a body of water comprising:
- a semi-rigid water-permeable chamber having a base portion with sides defining a bottom opening at the distal end of the trap, and a pair of inwardly operable doors, each of the pair of doors is located inside the chamber, hinged on respective opposite sides of the bottom opening, and movable between an open position to permit the trap to be lowered over and receive the immobile kettle of carp before reaching a bottom surface of the body of water, and a closed position to retain the carp in the chamber to enable the carp to be retrieved from the body of water.
A system for trapping a substantially immobile kettle of carp comprising:
- a bathythermograph to identify a likely location of the group of immobile fish and sonar to locate the group of fish at the likely location;
- and a semi-rigid water-permeable chamber having a base portion with sides defining a bottom opening at the distal end of the trap, and a pair of inwardly operable doors, each of the pair of doors is located inside the chamber, hinged on respective opposite sides of the bottom opening, and movable between an open position to permit the trap to be lowered over and receive the immobile kettle of carp before reaching a bottom surface of the body of water, and a closed position to retain the carp in the chamber to enable the carp to be retrieved from the body of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.