YOUNG-FISH NET 343 



Surface hauls should only be of short duration 

 (e.g., fifteen minutes), as the net soon becomes choked 

 with jelly-fish, salps, and the like, but in deep water 

 hauls of less than an hour's duration cannot be ex- 

 pected to give much result. The net may be fished 

 actually on or just clear of the bottom with good 

 effect, but is very liable to injury if so fished. 



Miscellaneous Gear. 



Some fishes may be taken in crab or lobster pots 

 suitably baited ; probably the pots made of netting 

 stretched over a metal or wood frame are better than 

 those made entirely of osier. 



Narrow and shallow creeks and channels may be 

 fished by stretching a short gill net across them, and 

 beating the water up towards it by wading in line 

 with poles and splashing, or by dragging another net 

 towards the fixed one. 



