[197] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1021 



Lobster-pot bait-hooks or bobs. 



Two hooks of galvanized iron ; one curved and the other straight 

 shank. Length, 5 and 13£ inches. Provincetown, Mass., 1878. 

 29,473. Gift of Isaiah A. Small. These styles of hooks are 

 used in the ordinary half-cylinder lobster-pots, baited with fish- 

 heads or refuse fish. 



Lobster-pot. 



Small wooden model of a lobster-pot used on the south coast of 

 Massachusetts. Exhibited by Benjamin Baker 2d. New Bed- 

 ford, Mass. 



FUNNEL-TRAPS WITH WINGS OR LEADERS. 



Eel WEIR AND POT. 



Two funnels 22 inches long, with wings and leaders. Vineyard 

 Haven, Mass., 1875. 24,885. Made by Captain Josiah Cleve- 

 land. 



Wicker eel-pot. 



Two funnels with leaders. Used about Martha's Vineyard, in 3 to 

 10 fathoms. Vineyard Haven, Mass. 25,015, 25,016. Captain 

 Josiah Cleveland, maker. 



Fish-trap. 



Model. Made of spruce-root splints ; cone-shape 5 one funnel and 

 leaders. Length, 16 inches. Norton Sound, Alaska. 32,988. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fyke-nets. 



Fyke-net. 



Full size. Made with five cedar hoops from 30 to 40 inches in 

 diameter; white cotton netting, 2£ and 3 inch mesh; leaders, 

 80 feet long and 4 feet deep ; wings, 1 6 feet long. Noank, Conn., 

 1883. 57,066. U. S. Fish Commission. Style of net used 

 along the New England coast for the capture of flounders, 

 blackfish, shad, and other species. 



Minnow-fyke. 



Model. Made of tanned cotton netting on three hoops with right 

 and left wings. American Net and Twine Company. 26,113. 



Fyke or set net. 



Made of netting, with six hoops from 10 to 17 inches in diameter. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 32,733. 



