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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 407, 25 February 1904, Page 3

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Huw the Fresh Water Pish Are Can* Iwrert (or the Marfcef* of , the Count#jr. ■., Practically all eommerciel.flehing la fresh waters is carried on by* the us© of nets, whether a rowboat or'lri.up-fo-clnte . •. •<• employed. Tbegillneti* ;>e haiiuiti-: :.ud is much used in Lake ..ie. This forma a fence on the bottom i' the Jake about six feet high and any--1 ere from 800 feet to several miles .?. These nets are made of thin cord mI can be stowed away in a very smalt inpass, says the Buffalo Exprea*. A ih will swim Against the fence of net- • ng, get it« head caught in .the mesh, ii". will stay there until taken, out by lie fishermen The nets are~kept in, >sition in the water by lead sinker* a the bottom and cork bobs on top, be entire net is also anchored secure* y, while the spot is marked by a buoy. Jill nets often come in sections 300 ■ st L long, and are fastened together in raiigs. Fishing tugs often set a gang t hat is over four miles long. Each boat is equipped with two gangs. V Pound nets, whose use in New York •-£ va' ers is prohibited, are used in Ohio and Canadian water*. They form large -eceptacles in the water inio-which Hsh find their way and are 'roro getting out by a trap-like ar-ra-ngement at the entrance. Game fish *re often caught in pound there are also smaller trap fyke nets, and many other varieties, some of whioh are peeuliar to different lo* oolitiee. Some commercial fiehdng is carried on by the use of set line*for sturgeons, etc., but such mean* are not exten* sively employed.