. 50 PACIFIC COD FISHERIES. 
the line was carefully coiled in a tub with the baited hooks in the 
center of the coil. Only one piece of bait, and that not a large one, 
is put on a hook. . 
The buoy line used was of 6-thread manila. At the surface the 
ends were marked by 10-gallon buoy kegs, painted red, and attached 
to the buoy line by swivels similar to those used for this purpose by 
the halibut fishermen. On rough bottom the ground line would be 
buoyed up by glass balls attached at intervals. Twelve or fourteen 
pound anchors were attached at each end of the trawl. 
In the bow of each dory was fixed a roller working on a pivot, 
ever which the ground line was hauled, in order to facilitate bringing 
it in. There are always two men in a dory when a vessel is trawling, 
one man to haul the lne and shake the fish off, which he does by a 
dexterous twist of the wrist, while the second man baits the hooks 
and coils the gear in the tubs again. The men usually brought the 
trawl in when returning with the catch, but sometimes when the 
weather looked propitious the line would be underrun, the fish re- 
moved and new bait substituted, and allowed to fish again while 
the men took their catch aboard. Sometimes the trawl would be 
set out late in the evening and allowed to remain down until the men 
went out early in the morning. 
The trawls were handled in the same manner as on the Atlantic 
coast. In setting a trawl two men go in a dory, one to throw the 
trawl and the other to row the boat. Having arrived at the place 
where the set is to be made, a buoy is fastened to one end of the 
buoy line and thrown over the side, the buoy line allowed to run out 
until the end is reached, when it, together with the upper end of the 
trawl line, is bent to the ring of the anchor. The anchor is then low- 
ered over the side, and the trawl thrown from the tub until the lower 
end is reached; it is then fastened to the upper end of the second tub 
of trawl, and so on until all of the tubs—two, three, or more—have 
been set. The last end of the trawl, together with the second buoy 
line, is bent to an anchor and thrown over the side, care being taken 
to prevent the buoy line from fouling with hooks of the trawl as it 
is thrown out. To the free end of the buoy line is attached the sec- 
‘ond buoy. The method of “ underrunning” a trawl permits the re- 
moval of the fish from the hooks and rebaiting them in a single 
operation, thus saving a considerable amount of labor. “ Underrun- 
ning” is sometimes performed on ground where fish are plentiful 
and the weather is suitable for such operation. A trawl intended 
to be “underrun” is set in the usual manner with slight variation. 
A becket is made in the buoy line about 10 or 12 fathoms below the 
buoy. In the becket is bent a small line which reaches to the bottom, 
and to the bottom end of this line is fastened a stone weighing about 
6 pounds. The ground line of the trawl, instead of being fastened 
