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Written by Richard Martin
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 15:06 |
Don Kelly
Oftentimes, while night fishing for snook, Don would see the bright orange reflection of shrimp eyes floating through the channels or along the many grass flats of Ozello. Don immediately recognized that these shrimp could be caught and eaten. Never one to pass up a free meal, Don decided to catch the shrimp for his dinner table. Initially, Don ventured out to catch shrimp much like everyone else. He grabbed a small dip net and tried to scoop them all up as fast as he could. With a sore back, few shrimp and a high shrimp mortality rate, Don knew there had to be an easier way of catching shrimp. An inventor at heart, Don turned his motivation for a cheap shrimp dinner into the original Ozello Shrimper.
Don set out to make a better dip net and extended the length to more than six feet in length. He also started dragging a bucket behind him to keep the shrimp alive. Still, he wasn't satisfied. A lot of the shrimp were jumping out of the dip net and the bucket. Plus, the net made a heck of a mess in the mud and tore up the grass flats. So, Don decided to develop a rigid metal cage with a "no-escape" chamber to prevent the shrimp from jumping out and he created a inward sloping lid for his bucket to keep his catch all the way home. The flats fared much better with such a nimble tool. It was a scalpel compared to a dip nets' broad sword.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 April 2009 10:37 |
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