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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Some of the types of salmon nets used in this region are illustrated and described 
by the accompanying figures. In addition to these, which are wholly or partly of 
brush, a common apparatus is the floating trap, constructed entirely of twine, such 
as is now generally employed in the New England States. This is the only salmon net 
in use at Islesboro and in some other sections. The local and individual variations 
in the form of the nets depend on the topography of the bottom and shore and the 
habits of the salmon, and are the result of long experience. 
The fishing begins as soon as the ice moves out in spring and continues until some 
time in July. Fish are rarely taken before the last two weeks in April. May and 
June are the best months. In that part of the river adjacent to Bangor there is a 
small fishery prosecuted with set gill nets. The nets are from 100 to 200 feet long 
and have a 6-inch mesh. 
Salmon weir, Castine . — Hedge 200 feet 
long, made of stakes driven in mud 
interwoven with brush to low- water 
mark, covered with netting beyond. 
Great pound, 30feetlong, 30 feet wide 
at base, made of netting; entrance 8 
feet wide. Inner pounds, 10 feet 
wide, with board floors; outer en- 
trance 2 feet wide, inner 1 foot. 
Value, $70. 
Salmon weir, Stockton. — Leader or 
hedge, 400 yards long, all brush ex- 
cept 20 yards next to head, which 
piece is* netting above low-water 
mark and brush below. Main com- 
partment or great pound 60 feet long 
and 25 feet wide, with 10-foot en- 
trance on each side of leader. Smaller 
compartments, direc ted downstream , 
21 feet long, with 2-foot entrance to 
first and 8-mch entrance to second. 
Value, $100. 
Salmon weir, Stockton . — Leader 200 feet 
long ; brush from shore to low- water 
mark; remainder brush at bottom, 
netting at top. Head 60 feet long; 
outer pound 40 feet, middle pound 12 
feet, inner pound 8 feet; brush below 
low- water line, netting above; plank 
floors in two smaller compartments. 
Value, $40. 
