Trolling . -Although hampered by shortages of heavy line (figure 13), 

 hooks, leader, wire, and feather jigs, natives trolled at every oppor- 

 tunity. Except at Kusiae, trolling is done from sailing canoes, as 

 well as from whatever types of powered craft happen to be available. 

 There were no sailing canoes at Kusiae, but two or three natives could 

 paddle a canoe fast enough for trolling. 



Native-made trolling gear was seen only at Kayangel, Palausj and 

 at Kapingamarangi and Nukuoro, extreme southern Carolines. At Kayangel, 

 the lure made by wrapping and tying a section of spider lily stalk around 

 a hook was common but not seen elsewhere. It is believed to be a recent 

 development to substitute for the Japanese feather lure which it resem- 

 bles. It will be seen in figure 9 that the stalk is cut and tied so 

 that a number of flaps are left trailing. There was only one oppor- 

 tunity to observe the action of the lily jig (July 19, 194&) when a 

 total of 9 fish were caught trolling, of which 32 barracuda and one 

 king mackerel hit the lily. Comparatively, 5 fish — one barracuda and 

 4. crevalle — were taken on a Diamond No. 7 brass spoon. Compared to 

 results with a feather lure, the lily jig did very well. 



We ourselves trolled at all times when traveling by small craft, 

 excluding paddling outrigger canoes, although it was not always possi- 

 ble to record trolling data. 



No spoons were seen in native hands, most probably because none 

 was used by the Japanese. This is rather surprising since we had about 

 6 strikes on spoons to one on feathers or lily, even though the two 

 were trolled side by side. Compared with the feather lure, spoons have 

 an additional advantage of being relatively indestructible, but they 

 do have to be polished each time before using. 



At Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi (Southern Carolines), a few trolling 

 jigs are still made. The pattern is basically Samoan, and consists 

 of a body or shank cut from the thick hinge portion of the black-lip 

 pearl oyster ,Pinctada margaratif era , and a curved barb or point of 

 tortoise shell, tied to the distal end of the shank. These are rarely 

 used now, being generally reserved for sale as handicraft. 



Scoop nets. -Flying fish, especially large ones of the genus 

 Cypselurus, are among the common food fish of the ex-mandate, and 

 also furnish sport for the natives who catch them. A popular method 

 of fishing in the Carolines is by means of the scoop net, construction 

 of which is shown in figure 14. The net is used at night, preferably 

 in the dark of the moon. A canoe is paddled or sailed parallel to 

 the i, each and well outside the breakers. A bundle of dried cocoanut 

 leaves is lighted to make a torch which attracts the flying fish and 

 they are snared with the net as they sail toward the light. A good 

 night's catch for three or four men in a canoe is from 50 to 100 

 fish ranging in length between 8 and 12 inches. 



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