Plate 168. 



BAG-NET FISHING FOB SMELTS UNDER THE ICE, PENOBSCOT UIVEK, MAINE. 



A liiilc is (Hit ill the ico, at right angles willi flu- ciirreiit, 30 feet long and 1 toot wiilc Pules Id fei-l long iraili 

 down :)4 or ;{.") feel into the water. 



The ''jumper," a short rope, is made last to the jiole, runs ilown through llie ice, ami is toggled beueatli. This 

 keeps the pole down. 



The " back line" runs from the top ot the pole (o a toggle nnder the ice 10 feet away, on a line with the ))«les. 



The "end guy" rnns from the foot of the pole to a toggle above the ice, about 2.') feet from (he pole. 



The "ebb-tide guy," 80 feet loug, runs from the foot of ihe pole up the stream to a toggle above the ice. 



The "flood-tide guy," 80 feet long, runs from the foot of the pole to a toggle in the ice. 



The down-haul part of the halliards reeves through a block at the foot of the pole and thence yiasses up throii;;li 

 the hole to a thimble near the top of the |)ole. 



The up-hanl part of Ihe halliards reeves through six thimbles on the hoisi-iope of the nel, and ]ia.s.ses thenee up 

 through Ihe hole and reeves through a thimble near the lop of the pole, where it is continuous with the down-haul 

 part. When the net is set, to prevent Ihe halli.irds yielding to the draft of the tide, their bights are crossed back of 

 the pole, brought forward again, and toggled as shown. 



The '■opener" is mad(f fast to Ihe upper corner of the nel. After the halliards are hauled jiome and toggled. Ihe 

 moulli of the net is opened by this roi)e, the npjier end of which is made fa,st to any convenient pait above. 



