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Document Type

Research

Keywords

Commercial fish bait, catfish, carp, catch success

Abstract

Baits were tested for their ability to attract channel catfish and carp into hoop nets. Treatments tested were cheese alone, soybean cake alone, cheese and soybean cake combined, and an unbaited control. A 4 x 4 Latin Square design was used for the experiment. The factors which influence catch success were assessed by the analysis of variance. Cheese bait was best for increasing the catch success of channel catfish; in nets containing soybean cake the increase was not statistically significant. There were significant differences in the catch success of channel catfish among netting sites and among locations of nets within each site. Most of this variation was attributed to the chumming power of cheese bait. Carp were attracted in significantly higher numbers to nets containing soybean bait, while cheese bait had little attraction. Variation in the monthly mean catch success of carp was highly significant.

Publication Date

September 1973

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

80

Issue

3

First Page

136

Last Page

139

Copyright

©1973 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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