Table 9. Average Number of Individuals Captured per Hour, Using the Shocker, at Different Times of the Day and Night at the Middle Neosho Station in 1958. Numbers in Parentheses Indicate Total Number Captured.

SpeciesMorning 5 hours
of effort expended
6:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Afternoon 6 hours
of effort expended
12:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m.
Early night 18 hours
of effort expended
6:30 p.m. 12:30 a.m.
Late night 8 hours
of effort expended
12:30 a.m. 6:30 a.m.
Long-nosed Gar 0 0.3 (2) 1.2 (21) 1.1 (9)
Short-nosed Gar 0.2 (1) 0 0.2 (3) 0.4 (3)
Gizzard Shad 0.2 (1) 0.3 (2) 0.1 (1) 0.1 (1)
Black Buffalo 0 0.2 (1) 0.1 (1) 0
Small-mouthed Buffalo 0.4 (2) 0.3 (2) 0.8 (14) 0.8 (6)
River Carpsucker 3.4 (17) 3.3 (20) 5.7 (102) 4.9 (39)
Redhorse 0 0.2 (1) 0.6 (10) 0.6 (5)
Carp 1.8 (9) 0.2 (1) 0.7 (12) 0.8 (6)
Channel Catfish 1.6 (8) 1.0 (6) 10.2 (183) 10.5 (84)
Flathead 2.2 (11) 1.3 (8) 2.4 (43) 3.6 (29)
Spotted Bass 0.4 (2) 0.5 (3) 0.3 (6) 0.1 (1)
Green Sunfish 0.2 (1) 0.2 (1) 0.2 (3) 0.1 (1)
Long-eared Sunfish 0 0 0.1 (2) 0.4 (3)
Orange-spotted Sunfish 0.2 (1) 0 0 0
White Crappie 0.2 (1) 0.2 (1) 0.2 (5) 0.4 (3)
Freshwater Drum 1.0 (5) 0.8 (5) 5.6 (101) 5.3 (42)
Number captured per hour 13.4 9.3 29.5 33.8