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2. Cast net - Wikipedia

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   When the net is full, a retrieval clamp, which works like a wringer on a mop, closes the net around the fish. The net is then retrieved by pulling on this handline. The net is lifted into a bucket and the clamp is released, dumping the caught fish into the bucket. [2] Cast nets work best in water no deeper than their radius.

3. Fishing net - Wikipedia

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   Cast net: Schooling and other small fish Cast nets (throw nets) are small round nets with weights on the edges which are thrown by the fisher. Sizes vary up to about four metres in diameter. The net is thrown by hand in such a manner that it spreads out on the water and sinks. Fish are caught as the net is hauled back in. [18] High ...

4. Gillnetting - Wikipedia

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   In North America, Native American fishermen used cedar canoes and natural fibre nets, e.g., made with nettles or the inner bark of cedar. [4] They would attach stones to the bottom of the nets as weights, and pieces of wood to the top, to use as floats. This allowed the net to suspend straight up and down in the water.

5. Fishing tackle - Wikipedia

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   When such a net is used by an angler to help land a fish it is known as a landing net. [11] In the UK, hand-netting is the only legal way of catching glass eels [12] and has been practised for thousands of years on the River Parrett and River Severn. Cast nets are small round nets with weights on the edges which is thrown by the fisher. Sizes ...

6. Fishing techniques - Wikipedia

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   Fishing nets are meshes usually formed by knotting a relatively thin thread. About 180 AD the Greek author Oppian wrote the Halieutica, a didactic poem about fishing. He described various means of fishing including the use of nets cast from boats, scoop nets held open by a hoop, and various traps "which work while their masters sleep".

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