334 IttrNois Naturat History Survey BULLETIN Vol. 26, Art. 4 
ting without fore bay, leads, or wings.” ferences in mesh size and hoop diameter. 
The group “includes hoop net, bait net, The fine-mesh nets with small hoops are 
buffalo net. fiddler net, and fyke net.” used for catfish, and the nets with large 
The main differences in the local termi- hoops and large meshes are fished for buf- 
nology among these nets result from dif- falofishes and carp. 
Fig. 5.—A Mississippi River commercial fisherman removing a catfish from a basket trap. 
In the upper tub is cheese bait. 
Fig. 6.—A hoop net stretched to show the construction of the net. The hoop net does not 
have wings. 
