dtower Report post Posted May 7, 2012 I found a pond with waterdogs and was wondering if anyone has ever trapped them or do you have to net them........or just buy them? What has worked for you? Danny Tower Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mtn-memories Report post Posted May 7, 2012 I found a pond with waterdogs and was wondering if anyone has ever trapped them or do you have to net them........or just buy them? What has worked for you? Danny Tower Back in the day my brother-in-law and me used to seine them with a two man minnow seine. It worked well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted May 7, 2012 Don't know about your pond, but there used to be a guy in Tucson who leased ponds in the Reddington Pass area and grew waterdogs in them. He caught them in seines and sold them all over Arizona. I'd check with the area's rancher to see if you've found "wild" waterdogs or someone's crop before setting up your nets. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Becker Report post Posted May 8, 2012 Get a big seine and get wet and muddy!!!! As long as its public land that is.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted May 8, 2012 Get a big seine and get wet and muddy!!!! As long as its public land that is.... I am not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter whether it's public land or not. What counts is whether the owner (if any) of those waterdogs has a legal agreement with a federal or state land management agency that allows him to grow them commercially in those ponds on public land. If a lease exists and those critters are there legally, it would be similar to saying you have a right to kill livestock found grazing on public lands. When I came across a similar situation years ago in Reddington Pass, I tracked down the owner of the waterdogs. He told me he didn't post the ponds because doing so called attention to what he was doing, and people would steal his 'dogs. I also learned that although a rancher built the dam and maintained the ponds, the rancher had nothing to say about whether or not someone leased from the U.S. Forest Service the right to grow a crop of waterdogs in them. Bill Quimby Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drew23 Report post Posted June 9, 2012 great tips. I'll try them next time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
