[Wilson]

Originally Posted by Mark B.

All of the above.

In 1978, I was a fisheries worker with NJF&W, helping in a study to see if it was feasible to stock adult American shad in the Raritan River to try reestablish a run. We looked for A. shad & river herring by electrofishing & setting nets, mostly. At the numerous dam holes, we used M-80’s tied to rocks.

Once, while slowly motoring under the Route 1 bridge, the biologist lit such a depth charge & tossed it overboard. 1, 2, 3, 4,……..then a muffled PUUUMMPH!! Then, another 1, 2, 3, 4,………& the water surface around the boat erupted with about 100 menhaden flying into the air,….& a good number of them into the boat!

It was pretty funny!,...like part of a real life Warner Brother’s cartoon.

The taping of the 2012 Raritan R. shad run began on 3/26. So far, we’ve seen a number of gizzard shad, carp, a smallie, a trout & 1 American shad.

Mark,
We used to do the M-80 thing back in the day, we put some rocks on a sheet of foil, added 1 M-80 wrapped it up with the fuse punched through the foil, light it and drop it in . Does that kill the fish or just stun them?