328 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
541. Baird seine: 
Barked and fitted, 45 feet long and 6 feet deep, with bag 5 feet in diameter and 8 
feet long, hung to double six-thread tarred manila, 72 3-inch corks and 450 leads. 
542. Shad gill net: Completely rigged, 5-inch mesh, 100 feet long. 
543. White-fish gill net: Completely rigged, ordinary sized mesh, 100 feet long. 
544. Sturgeon net: Ordinary sized mesh, completely rigged, 100 feet long. 
545. Cod gill net: Completely rigged, usual sized mesh, 100 feet long. 
546. Salmon gill net: Completely rigged, usual sized mesh, 100 feet long. 
547. Herring gill net: 
Made in a variety of sizes for different localities, ranging from 20 to 75 fathoms 
long and from 110 to 250 meshes deep, of 2} to 34 inch mesh, of cotton gill-net twine. 
Mackerel gill nets are made in practically the same style mesh, 2} to 3} inch. 
548. Linen dip nets: 
Used for capture of minnows, shrimp, ete. Sizes vary from 12 to 36 inches. 
549. Cotton dip nets: 
Used for the capture of minnows, shrimp, ete. 
Traps, Pots, anp Dip Nets. 
550. Hel pot. 
551. Wire eel pot: 
Used by fishermen in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts, in fishing in waters 6 to 9 feet 
deep. Live minnowsare considered the best bait. When live bait can not be obtained, 
fresh fish of any kind is used. The fish is suspended in the middle of the pot by a 
string, which is fastened to the ‘‘backbone’’ which runs lengthwise of the pot. 
552. Wicker eel pot: 
Used by fishermen at Vineyard Haven, Mass., and fished in water 8 to 21 feet 
deep. Ballast of stones sufficient to sink the pot is used, the stones being put into 
both compartments. The bait is not suspended, but lies on the bottom of the pot. 
Another pot made exactly like this, only from 5 to 7 feet long, is used in water 
2 or 3 feet deep, generally in a narrow creek. No bait is needed with this pot, but 
a leader and wings, made of sticks about 15 or 18 inches long and woven with 
rope is used. The leader is usually 20 to 40 feet long and each of the wings is apout 
20 feet long. The pot when set as above really becomes a small weir. 
553. Lobster pot (rounded top): 
This style pot has been in common use in southern Massachusetts a number of 
years and is known as a ‘‘parlor pot.’’ The style is peculiar (in having one end 
closed ) to the territory south of Cape Cod. The pots used north of Cape Cod have 
a funnel in both ends, so that it is possible for a lobster to enter through either end. 
The fishermen claim that the parlor pot is preferable, as many are lost through the 
lower end of the double-end pot while it is being hauled to the surface. All the 
lobster pots require ballast to sink them to the bottom. The average ballast per pot 
consists of 8 bricks placed on the bottom of the pot and along the sides, and held in 
place by laths along the sides tied with a string. This pot is fished in water varying 
in depth from 10 to 200 feet. Fresh fish is considered the best bait, but when this 
can not be obtained salt bait is used. 
554. Lobster pot (flat top): 
This is practically the same as the other lobster pot, differing only in shape. Fisher- 
men agree that both pots fish equally well, but are gradually discarding the rounded 
top for the flat top, as the latter store better in a boat when being carried to and from 
the fishing grounds. 
555. Lobster pot (Cohasset ): 
556. Lobster trap: 
This trap is made of slats and twine and is in more general use for capturing lobsters 
than any other form on the Atlantic coast. 
557. Hel pot: Used in the capture of eels on the New England coast. 
558. Dip net. 
