bump-net

bump-net
a stiff net of chicken wire on a long handle, held near the wash of an outboard motor, used to catch male shad (Alosa sapidissima) in California. The shad are attracted by the prop wash, bump into the net and must then be flicked into the boat

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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