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Research and Sampling Gear for the Professional Fishery Scientists
This is just a sample of what we have done and can do. . . . . . .
  • Mini-Misouri trawl (aka the Herzog Armadillo Trawl)
  • Creole Trawl: Semi-pelagic, excellent bottom contact, multiple catenary modes
  • Marinovich Trawl: Traditional nylon research net with heavy benthic contact
  • Spider Trawl: Semi-pelagic with excellent speed and spread
  • Black Widow Spider trawl: Semi-pelagic with extreme  catenary and speed
  • Skate trawl: Demersal sampling, excellent spread , variable footrope configurations
  • SKT  model 38 x15/18 Trawl: The ACOE Pallid  OT-1 trawl, specifically made for river trawling sturgeon
  • Mamou trawl: works from a flexible frame or with Mullet Doors, designed to work behind weirs and dams
  • Iruka Beam trawl: Sled type net with removable lifting jib, ideal for deepwater
  • Misago Beam trawl: Sled type beam net made for serious abuse at extreme depths (500 fathoms plus)
  • Dutch Beam trawl: Sled type net made for rugged abuse on rough bottom, sand wedges or sea mounts
  • Plumb Staff trawl: Lightweight framed net made for  rough bottom or enviro- sensitive bottom
  • Nascarr trawl: No floats required,  excellent  drafting qualities with minimum bycatch of undersized fish
  • Separator trawl J-M:  separates fish from under 10mm to .5 meter
  • Separator trawl  YOY: separates YOY fingerlings from Juvies
  • Separator  trawl HD YOY: not only separates YOY fingerlings but also functions in heavy detritus
  • Voo Doo trawl: nearly invisible trawl for use in crystal clear waters where net  avoidance is a problem
  • Kung Fu trawl: excellent speed, ideal for running down pelagic fishes in shallow water
  • Brood Stock SKT trawl: idela for capturing larger brood stock fish in good condition
  • Roller trawls "OO" : made for use on rock strewn bottoms and rip rap
  • Roller trawl "IW"  : made for use in inland waters on levee systems with rip rap
  • Zebra Gear: modified trawls for use in Great Lakes area 
  • Skag Net: for testing unknown waters * NEW*
  • Eco- Soft Foot trawl: made for use in areas where there is great need NOT to destroy sea bed
  • Siamese Gerken trawl: 2 nets in one, large fish separated inside trawl while smaller fish are captured  * new *
  • Herzog-Armadillo trawl: Dual mesh net, captures small and large fish, aka the Missouri trawl
  • Beam'r trawl: no doors required, can be used on small hp boats  in waters from 1M to 100 M
  • Push trawl: bow mounted net and frame designed to scour sand bars and small channels
  • Saddle bag trawl: side mounted with frame for small channels, sand bars or w/ electrofishing
  • Sidewinder trawl  : boat remains in deep water, while trawl tranverses to shallow bank near shore
  • Rock Drop trawl modified: device which allows 80% of large rocks to exit net without disturbing catch
  • Static net: toss from a pier or dock, fishes by itself  w or w/o large fish separator
  • HBB trawl:  known as the OT-4  trawl,  8',12' and 16' model 6mm trawl designed for YOY and YOW (Young of the Week)
  • Drift trawl: designed to work in heavy current from stationary or moving boat, 750micron to 12mm mesh
  • Cobra trawl: heavily webbed net designed to take surface fish in shallow water
  • Gorilla trawl: a heavily webbed  net designed to be used in nasty snag filled areas, almost indestructable
  • SCCWRP trawl: used in coastal mitigation and assessment survey
  • Yankee trawls: used  for sampling in Great Lakes 
  • Maryland Crab trawl: heavy webbed net made for crab assessment surveys
  • Deleware Fish Survey trawl: used by east coast scientists for fish surveys
  • Vannei trawl: wide spread, excellent benthic contact, made for deep water and low end hp boats
  • Rocker-Roller trawls: framed net that works on buried specimens in hard packed sand
  • Dominator skimmers: framed nets that mount port and starboard, ideal for estuary sampling
  • Paupier nets: framed nets, ideal for surface fishing, electrofishing..good for  fish, crab and squid
  • Benthic  Separator fish trap: ideal for use in large and swift river systems, shuns detritus, replaces fyke nets
  • Pocket seines: ideal for small pond harvest
  • Jump Nets:  ideal to keep fish inside circular tanks
  • Mini-Purse net: ideal for taking fish behind wing dykes
  • Twin Trawl: designed for midwater fishes in inland reservoirs and lakes (paddlefish esp.)
  • Sapphire Pound nets: trap nets for all species....no nylon to re-coat...all HDPE netting
  • Rock Hopper: framed net that is pulled over rocks and debris near shore, in heavy detritus or in deeper lakes
  • FSI Open Ocean trawl: 15-40 Meter headrope, made for open waters , large and small fish
  • Cajun Simple Tucker trawl: w  or  w/o  frame, small mesh raschel or micron mesh .... economical
  • Sweeper Midwater trawls: a wide array of sizes for a wider array of boats
  • Aluette Midwater trawl: designed for  low hp,   outboard   boats only
  • ...AND MANY MORE NETS ,  FRAMES, SIZES, MESH TYPES  AND DESIGNS...in fact we average a new design of net almost every 10 days

   OK? You get the idea?  Innovative Nets can build a wider array of research nets than MOST anyone you're going to meet.....no brag, just fact!

  What are you waiting for? Call us.. . . . .  Ask for Greg 



Innovative Net Systems's
website   Fishtrawls.com offers you a chance to look over some of what we do and where we do it.

Back-in-the-Day, we worked many research projects for both state and federal agencies. Some of our work was published in industry journals.  INS knows what a research scientist needs:

 1. Accurate Data Collection
2. Consistency in gear performance
3. User Friendly  and Durable Gear
4. Expert advice on gear related problems
5.  ....good weather!



Our shop supplies nets that we create, nets that you need duplicated for extended projects and nets that you simply dream up and need someone to fabricate to your wishes.

INS wants you to have the gear you need .......not the nets we have in stock  and just
want to unload on you.

You make a living with this gear, so don't take a chance with a cheap knock-off  or some supplier that HAS NO EXPERIENCE IN USING THIS TYPE GEAR.






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Innovative Net Systems * A Div. of Trawl & Repair Service LLC * PO Box 255- 111 Zothique rd.
Milton, Louisiana 70558 * ph: 337-856-1948 *
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