FYKE NETS AND FYKE-NET FISHERIES. 
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Products. 
Species. 
Anne Arundel. 
Baltimore. 
Caroline. 
Cecil. 
Charles. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives 
Cattish 
$50 
116 
9, 200 
$88~ 
45, 800 
61, 125 
66, 600 
$329 
2, 445 
3, 280 
1,486 
149 
3, 870 
35, 860 
$1, 669 
452 
5, 500 
6, 625 
3, 200 
1, 313 
120 
1,020 
300 
$41 
24 
Pike 
Shad 
Striped bass 
Suckers 
White perch 
Yellow perch 
Other fish 
Terrapins 
286 
20 
27, 875 
1, 657 
192 
47 
21, 228 
4, 361 
3, 525 
7,400 
35, 100 
49, 335 
10, 350 
1, 500 
180 
3,800 
1,520 
128 
4, 643 
4, 600 
325 
282 
138 
1, 080 
43 
2, 039 
1,627 
265 
1, 500 
90 
1,925 
360 
54 
3, 325 
2,900 
100 
58, 350 
8, 500 
4, 750 
1,760 
90 
1, 480 
310 
1,440 
115 
240 
50 
750 
178, 388 
7, 837 
43, 091 
1,407 
304, 824 
11, 908 
5, 940 
507 
Species. 
Dorchester. 
Harford. 
Kent. 
Prince George. 
Queen Anne. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alow;™. 
23, 400 
7,430 
$117 
79, 100 
40, 260 
$760 
1, 208 
35 
5,600 
27, 200 
$55 
854 
Catfish 
48, 000 
28. 600 
$1, 800 
1, 430 
790 
680 
$27 
16 
Eels 
29, 700 
1,188 
224 
1, LOO 
200 
Pike 
5, 400 
3,220 
23, 300 
6, 041 
1, 550 
1,814 
245 
1, 000 
120 
4,005 
365 
Shad. 
120 
Spots and croakers 
77 
3,995 
9, 433 
1,800 
280 
3, 560 
5, 667 
320 
3, 500 
210 
16, 890 
1,520 
Suckers 
258 
170 
75 
720 
29 
White perch - 
14, 909 
820 
27! 000 
66, 650 
1, 650 
240 
22, 900 
26, 600 
2, 550 
6,815 
1, 144 
Yellow perch 
6,430 
225 
14, 625 
585 
’413 
960 
77 
943 
Other fish 
5, 020 
150 
9, 135 
274 
10, 150 
110 
Terrapins 
160 
34 
1,020 
Total 
95* 828 
2, 912 
135, 782 
6, 189 
261, 151 
10, 055 
3,960 
339 
112, 560 
6,011 
Species. 
Somerset. 
Talbot. 
Wicomico. 
Worcester. 
Total. 
Pounds 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Pounds. 
Value. 
Alewives 
17, 400 
3, 470 
$87 
173 
14, 300 
14, 400 
10, 200 
1, 964 
$71 
360 
32, 900 
66, 1 10 
$159 
2,650 
1,548 | 
210 
240, 200 
314, 925 
219, 765 
108, 744 
$1, 716 
11, 723 
9, 794 
7,418 
Eels 
21, 500 
2, 800 
2, 541 
1,560 
860 
408 
38, 700 
7, 200 
1, 400 
$288 
84 
Pike 
168 
108 
3, 500 
Shad 
87 
7, 441 
255 
3, 570 
120 
28, 487 
3, 110 
1, 023 
147 
Spots and croakers 
70 
2, 450 
2,450 
101, 633 
50, 900 
157, 632 
254, 057 
63, 314 
7,215 
98 
Striped *1)ass 
3, 200 
160 
17, 500 
8, 700 
9, 580 
1, 050 1 
250 
39, 500 
2,765 
7, 420 
1, 469 
8,577 
3,200 
1, 300 
94 
7,600 
4, 800 
9, 610 
7, 684 
190 
W kite perch 
52 
383 ! 
240 
900 
54 
Yellow perch 
4,800 
2,400 
144 
6, 182 
185 
335 
1, 000 
50 
9, 524 
2, 102 
1, 104 
Other fish 
72 
2, 065 
62 
270 ; 
800 
40 
errap' 
Total 
66, 621 
2, 065 
92, 332 
3, 132 
213, 974 
8, 487 
11, 300 
516 
1,552,432 
62,115 
Compared with 1880, the fyke-net fishery of this State seems to have greatly 
increased. In that year only 4,050 fykes, pots, and baskets, valued at $6,600, were 
employed, no separate figures for fykes being available. As has been seen, 10,398 
fykes were used in 1891, having a value of $38,114. 
While some forms of nets and methods of fishing are common to almost the entire 
State, others are more or less peculiar to different sections or counties. In a previous 
chapter descriptions of some of the fykes used have been given, and illustrations of a 
number of forms are presented. Some further references to the types of nets employed 
in this State and to the fishery in some of the important counties will be given. 
In many places in Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and other counties, the name 
“fyke” seems to be understood as applying only to each hoop and the netting and 
funnel connected therewith, and is not generally used, the net being called a “set of 
fykes.” The fyke proper is also known as the “pocket” in some localities — Talbot 
