. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. July, 1955 Starrett & Barnickol: CoMMnRciAL Fishing Devices 335 Hoop nets are fished in the currents of rivers and in depths that cover the nets entirely. Often these nets are baited with cheese scrapings and other wastes pur- chased from cheese manufacturers, fig. 7. Frequently they are fished in 15 or more feet of water. Each of nets is an- chored by a wire cable or rope attached to a weight, a stake, or a basket trap. The fisherman setting the net takes a mental fix of his location by noting several land- marks. The following day he c
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. July, 1955 Starrett & Barnickol: CoMMnRciAL Fishing Devices 335 Hoop nets are fished in the currents of rivers and in depths that cover the nets entirely. Often these nets are baited with cheese scrapings and other wastes pur- chased from cheese manufacturers, fig. 7. Frequently they are fished in 15 or more feet of water. Each of nets is an- chored by a wire cable or rope attached to a weight, a stake, or a basket trap. The fisherman setting the net takes a mental fix of his location by noting several land- marks. The following day he checks his bearings and locates the approximate place his net was set the previous day. He drags the bottom with a grappling hook until he strikes the net cable, fig. 8. He then re-. Fig. 7.—A commercial fisherman baiting a hoop net with cheese. This fisherman demon- strates a common method of fishing for catfish on the Mississippi Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Illinois. Natural History Survey Division. Urbana, State of Illinois, Dept. of Registration and Education, Natural History Survey Division
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