Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[CluckNDoodle]

Question for any fishing people-

I have a creek that is about 5' to 8' wide and usually between 1' to 2' deep. I say usually because I can't remember the last time it wasn't high from flooding.
Anyway, it's always full of minnows, little fish, snails, and crayfish. (crawdads)
The flow is usually pretty good and I'm thinking a casting net would not work to catch the minnows, but am at a loss when I look for minnow nets for kids to play in creeks with and hard tubular nets for small fish or prawns.

I'm thinking the flow is too strong for the traditional soft crab nets for pier fishing, where it lays flat that you put bait in the middle then pull up when you get a crab. And anything more elaborate left in place will get tossed around in the flow, though I have one quiet area before the bridge culverts.

Any advice for a sturdy net I can use while wading in the creek to catch fish?

Why am I asking? -Potential chicken food.

I see kids catching crawdads in the massive ditch we have in the backyard all the time. I don't have a clue what they're using to catch them but it must be pretty easy! lol
When it rains really hard the crawdads will come into the backyard and I've seen the chickens excitedly running around with them.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Question for any fishing people-

I have a creek that is about 5' to 8' wide and usually between 1' to 2' deep. I say usually because I can't remember the last time it wasn't high from flooding.
Anyway, it's always full of minnows, little fish, snails, and crayfish. (crawdads)
The flow is usually pretty good and I'm thinking a casting net would not work to catch the minnows, but am at a loss when I look at minnow nets for kids to play in creeks or the hard tubular nets/traps for small fish or prawns.

I'm thinking the flow is too strong for the traditional soft crab nets for pier fishing, where it lays flat that you put bait in the middle then pull up when you get a crab. And anything more elaborate left in place will get tossed around in the flow, though I have one quiet area before the bridge culverts.

Any advice for a sturdy net I can use while wading in the creek to catch fish?

Why am I asking? -Potential chicken food.

Butterfly nets. I used to catch minnows with them as a kid. They're much like fishtank scoops but big.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Butterfly nets. I used to catch minnows with them as a kid. They're much like fishtank scoops but big.

Those are sturdy enough? I saw them but wasn't sure.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

I see kids catching crawdads in the massive ditch we have in the backyard all the time. I don't have a clue what they're using to catch them but it must be pretty easy! lol
When it rains really hard the crawdads will come into the backyard and I've seen the chickens excitedly running around with them.

When I first moved here I kept having to ask the neighbors what all the weird holes were in my lower pasture near to the creek. Holes that moved!
And holes in people's yards too. I mean I grew up catching crayfish in creeks up north, but had no idea further south they lived in holes in the ground like crabs in sand.
Kinda freaky though because the ones in the ground are Big! Like small lobsters. And it's never a nice surprise when I find a half eaten one a cat or critter left on my lower driveway.

I have regular small ones actually in the creek and can only imagine one of the chickens running around with one like she found the prize of all prizes!

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Those are sturdy enough? I saw them but wasn't sure.

I'm sure it depends on where you get them and how damage-free you want them to come out the other side. But the one I had as a kid caught fish in a pond up to a few inches and small turtles and big frogs.

 

[FortCluck]

I read this on the Ohio Nurses Association facebook page, so I'm not sure. I wasn't looking at govt websites. Bear in mind that some beds are probably not taken by COVID patients.

Also we're not past the peak. We're behind the peak.

I know the hospitals especially ICU are always packed. When I got sepsis and pneumonia I had to stay in the ER trauma for 35 hours waiting for a room to open up. Then I was there for 3 days until I stabilized. Then the step down ICU was packed so I had to wait 2 more days to get into there.

I was literally about to run out of the ICU, it was awful for me. Not the nursing or anything at all. Just the meds and everything I was on was awful and painful.

 

[ChickenLeg]

1st dog has died of coronavirus and a 2nd one has now been tested positive. 0.0 its rare but can happen

 

[CapricornFarm]

Can I sew one and mail it to you @FortCluck?

I would make some too. They can be laundered and reused.

 

[Beer can]

I agree. Sanitize and wash... The masks don't even work either so people NEED to stop buying them and let medical personnel have them!

Don't know why the news keeps showing people wearing masks, think it perpetuates the idea that masks are needed, part of the prob.

Do you really think MREs are fresh? LOL! When you’re really hungry you’ll eat most anything. Before they were discontinued we would get occasional tiny bottles of Tabasco sauce. It helped.

Tabasco mini bottles

I was going to mention the mini bottles of Tabasco. My favorite part of the MRE. The rest of the 'food' didn't matter I was hungry and would eat anything, the mini T bottle I drank straight like a desert lol.

Question for any fishing people-

I have a creek that is about 5' to 8' wide and usually between 1' to 2' deep. I say usually because I can't remember the last time it wasn't high from flooding.
Anyway, it's always full of minnows, little fish, snails, and crayfish. (crawdads)
The flow is usually pretty good and I'm thinking a casting net would not work to catch the minnows, but am at a loss when I look at minnow nets for kids to play in creeks or the hard tubular nets/traps for small fish or prawns.

I'm thinking the flow is too strong for the traditional soft crab nets for pier fishing, where it lays flat that you put bait in the middle then pull up when you get a crab. And anything more elaborate left in place will get tossed around in the flow, though I have one quiet area before the bridge culverts.

Any advice for a sturdy net I can use while wading in the creek to catch fish?

Why am I asking? -Potential chicken food.

Look up minnow trap. Pretty cheap at Wal-Mart $8. Will catch minnows and small crawfish. Most recommend using bread for bait, I use dry dog food doesn't dissolve as fast and the minnows don't eat it up as fast. Can check it often, or just every day every other day doesn't matter when its in running water the fish are fine.

 

[Beer can]

NY State went from mandating all non essential work places from 50% to yesterday 25% to today 0%