‘55 Ford Station Wagon.
Park alongside lake.
TURN ENGINE OFF!
Take #1 spark plug wire off spark plug, connect to 20 feet of well-insulated wire with end 12 inches clear of insulation.
Drop bare end of wire about 3 feet off shore in about 12 inches of water. Keep bare wire near surface of water, away from lake bottom.
Drive bare steel rod (jack handle will do) into moist ground about 12-24 inches from lake shore.
Connect steel rod to bumper (electrical ground) with jumper cables.
Start car (it will run rough.)
Fish will swim up to your bare wire in droves.
HAVE FRIEND TURN CAR ENGINE OFF!
Quickly scoop up dazed fish.
Dinner is on!
Interesting. I’ve used electricity to get earthworms, but never to get fish.
My late uncle worked at a smaller hydroelectric plant.
We were visiting my grandmother and he pulled up and took me and my dad to the plant He took us to a catwalk that was just inches above the water discharging from the turbines.
He handed me a dip net and told me to stick it in the water and pull it back up before it got too heavy.
Every minute that thing filled up with fish. From there we put the fish in buckets and I had to climb up the ladder to where his pickup truck was parked, pull the fish up by a rope tied to the buckets, and put the fish in the back of the truck. Within an hour or so the truck was full of fish.
We drove through town giving fish to friends and family.
One of my favorite memories.