i 3 o THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



CHAPTER VI. 



LINE-FISHING. 

 Lines. — Hooks. — Implements of various kinds. — Prongs, &c. — Scares. — Bait. 



INE-FISHING is not of great importance in these waters, 



and is not carried on on a scale to render it of much 



consideration. There is, consequently, little to be said on 



this head. Suffice it to enumerate the different kinds of 



lines in use. These consist, as elsewhere, of the hand-lines 



which the fishermen hold, and of the long lines which are 



shot or trailed in the wake of a boat and then hauled in. 



The Canna is a simple hand-line, to which two or three hooks {ami) are 



fixed, baited with worms or smelts, and used from the shore with or without a 



rod, for gobies, the smooth serranus, Sargo, Sparo, Spizzo, Occkiada, &c. 



The Pannola is a line 1 5 to 40 fathoms long, weighted with lead at intervals 

 of 10 to 15 feet. At its end there is a copper wire 10 feet long, to which 

 one, two, or more hooks are attached ; it is sometimes made of horsehair 

 and wound on a large piece of cork. The hooks are baited with small 

 fishes, or pieces of dried sardines, which shine in the water, and the line is 

 towed by a boat close in shore, and hauled in from time to time. It is used 

 for catching mackerel, basse, Occhiada, gar-fish, gobies, &c. (see Plate XXIV.). 

 The pannola da scombri (for mackerel) is rather complicated. It consists 

 of the principal line {maistrd), 15 m. long. At the end of this are four 

 snoods; two (i volanti) are of the ordinary kind ending in catgut, and two 

 hooks ; the other two (le piombere) are heavily weighted with shot (60-70, 

 at intervals of 1-2 inches), and end, likewise, in catgut and two hooks. The 

 pannola da dentale (for dentex) is 30 m. long, with copper wire at the end 



