1 82 The Pacific Salmon 



baited hooks than with spoons, commercial fisher- 

 men seldom if ever using the latter. The pro- 

 fessional fishermen's trolling lines are rigged 

 somewhat differently from those used by the 

 sportsmen, although on the same principle. A 

 common bamboo pole answers every purpose, for 

 it is not sport that the fisherman is after, but the 

 greatest number of fish in the shortest time. A 

 fish being hooked, the pole is dropped and the 

 line hauled in hand over hand, skill being exer- 

 cised in manipulating it so as not to lose the 

 prize. Frequently no rod is used, the line either 

 being held in the hand, or made fast with a half- 

 hitch round the loom of the oar. The line is 

 generally cotton, thirty-two thread, from eighty to 

 one hundred feet in length; hook five inches 

 long, shaped something like a halibut hook, but 

 with the shank longer. In baiting the hook care 

 is taken to have the shank entirely covered, leav- 

 ing the barb and point bare, hence the object of 

 the extra length. The baits giving the best 

 results are sardines and smelts, and the whole 

 fish is used. The sinker is much heavier than 

 that adopted by the sportsmen, weighing about 

 four pounds, and being fastened to the line 

 twenty-five feet above the hook. The bait is 



