Richard,  In order to check bottom and avoid setting your net in substrates
you have found unproductive you might try a large lead weight with a hole
drilled in the end that has been filled with petroleum jelly or some other
sticky substance.  I know that the big sailing ships used to use this
technique for navigation in shallow water using a line with knot in it each
fathom.  Anyway, it would be easy to experiment in shallow water to see what
sticky substance works best and what it looks like after touching different
substrates.  Hope this helps.
Good Luck and let us all know  the results of your next attempts.
 
Beth DeHaas
Whitefield, Maine
 
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From: Richard Parker <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, April 08, 1999 7:13 AM
Subject: [CONCH-L] Philippines - Deep Sea Tangle Netting - Report 1 from
Siargao
 
 
 
>Any ideas from anyone? Economy needed - can't afford and expensive
>winch, but if anyone has idea how to make one which would fit into a
>twenty-foot outrigger canoe, any help would be most welcome.
>
>We're going to try a different kind of net over the next few weeks,
>with smaller eyes and woven mesh, not the nylon filament they
>recommended me in Balut Island. I'm convinced half the damn things
>fall out while we're raising the net. It's frustrating to think of all
>those leucodons, velentias and pleurotomaria just curling up and
>rolling off.
>
>Will let you know more results in about a fortnight or so, on my next
>trip to mainland Mindanao and the Internet Cafe.
>
>Best regards
>Richard Parker
>
>
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