814 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
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easily put on or removed. This style of trap is used in narrow cuts 
and channels, or in other places where fish may be driven. 
Traps are placed near the entrance of channels and narrow cuts, or 
in rock pools on the reef. When fish are seen near the mouth of a 
channel, a trap is placed in it and there is an effort made to drive the 
fish into the channel. In many instances this proves a success. By 
forcing the fish into the narrow passage, more or less of them must 
necessarily enter the trap. The trap is then taken out, the contents 
are emptied upon the beach, and a lookout is kept for another school. 
The morning or evening is the most favorable time for taking fish in 
this manner. 
Hook-and-line fishing is also carried on in the morning or in the 
evening just before dark. Rods are generally used, the fishermen 
standing on the coral rock, casting out into deep water. American 
and English hooks are preferred to their own make. In trolling in 
the passage or outside the lagoon for bonito or other fish a steel hook 
is used in connection with the pearl-shell hook, the native hook being 
fastened above. The bright color of the shell hook attracts the fish, 
at which he bites. If he escapes, he is generally caught by the other. 
In capturing fish of all kinds on the reef, spears made of common 
rod iron and fish-hooks straightened out are used. ‘Turtle are taken at 
all seasons, mostly on and around isolated islands. Flying-fish are 
most abundant from January to May. They are caught at night, being 
attracted to the canoes by torches and scooped up in dip nets, all of 
the canoes of the village engaging in the fishery. 
At Likieb we found the same style of sailing canoe as at Rongelab 
and Jaluit. The small canoes, however, differ slightly; some are fitted 
with sails, while others of equal size are wholly propelled by paddles. 
There is not the noticeable difference between the lee and weather side 
of these canoes as compared to those at other islands in the Marshall 
Island group. Neither is the same style of top plan strictly adhered 
to. Some changes also have been made in the bottom; the change has 
come about gradually, covering a period of about fifteen years. The 
following are the dimensions of one’ of the old-type canoes: Length 
over all, 13 feet 2 inches; 74 inches from the gunwale to the water line, 
and 164 inches from water line to keel, making a depth of 24 inches; 
width, 15 inches; very sharp on the bottom, with the weather side 
slightly rounded out. Outrigger float, 85 feet long, 7 inches wide, and 
64 inches thick. The outrigger frame is made up of 5 crosspieces, 
with a backbone of 2 larger pieces, the light ones being fastened to 
the weather gunwale, the heavy pieces to both gunwales. On the 
outrigger side there is a platform 24 inches square and on the lee side 
one 22 inches square, both raised 25 inches above the gunwale. 
The other canoe, which is a departure from the old style, is flat on 
the bottom and is deep in proportion to the width. Although flat 
