[81] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 905 



Cod-line fishing from beach — Continued. 



with clubs. This is a common mode of fishing among the 

 Eskimo and Indians. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Alaska, 1882. 

 Henry W. Elliott. 



BLUEFISH TACKLE. 

 BLUEFISH TROLLING-LINE. 



White linen line ; eel-skin squid. Newport, E. I. 24,808. Gift of 

 J. M. K. Southwick. Used by Block Island fishermen in troll- 

 ing for bluefish. 



SKANEATELES TROLLING-LINE. 



Tarred cotton line, hard-laid, 650 feet long. The baited hook rep- 

 resents a piece of pork cut round ; to the end of this is attached 

 a small strip from a sucker, which they call a flipper. A piece 

 of lead pipe is used to extricate the hook when caught in a log 

 or other obstruction when in motion. A short leader with 

 sinker attached is used on this line for still fishing ; the line is 

 then kept bobbing, in from 40 to 70 feet of water, the boat being 

 at anchor. Skaneateles, X. Y., 1883. 57,040-1. Collected by 

 Eeuben Wood. This gear is coiled in a cheese-box, and is 

 rigged for use. 



BLUEFISH TROLLING-LINES. 



Blue cotton lines; cone-shaped lead sinkers; long, straight-shank 

 ringed hooks, covered with colored cotton cloth. Block Island, 

 E. I., 1875. 24,802-5. Gift of J. M. K. Southwick. Used by 

 Block Island fishermen in trolling for bluefish. 



Bluefish trolling-line. 



Full rigged ; 5-pound tarred cotton line wound on wooden stick ; 

 piano-wire ganging 9 inches long ; one straight-shanked hook. 

 Staten Island, N. Y., 1883. 57,576. Gift of Capt. F. M. Eed- 

 man. Used by New York, New Jersey, and Southern New 

 England fishermen, but especially by the New York market 

 fishermen. 



Bluefish trolling-line. 



Blue cotton line, leather strap, red cotton squid, central-draught 

 hook. Provincetown, Mass., 1875. 25,711. Gift of Coleman 

 Cook. This style of line and squid is peculiar to Provincetown. 



tackle for fishing below the surface. 



SHORT HAND-GEAR. 



Throw-line with minnow hooks. 



Long line, probably of Asclepias fiber, with gangings 3 to 4 inches 

 long, 7 to 9 inches apart. Throw- stick 2 feet long. Hooks of 



