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00:00:00 - Introduction

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00:00:22 - "Go-Devil." Used to set gill nets, keeps running pole from straying under the ice.

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00:01:54 - Ice hook. Used for removal of ice from hole.

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00:03:01 - Gaff hook. Used for carp fishing. Some fishermen in area sold carp commercially.

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00:03:53 - All fish except lawyers bought by fish markets. Fed them to chickens. Found mainly in pound nets.

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00:04:43 - Mr. Jeanquart born in 1924. Fished since he was "a kid."

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00:05:32 - Incident with blizzard when lost shanty. Method for anchoring shanty.

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00:08:11 - Ice tongs. Used to pull ice into ice sheds. Packed with sawdust, used in ice boxes for refrigeration. Made ice during "slack periods." Tongs made by local blacksmith (Monfils of Brussels) and belonged to his father-in-law.

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00:10:36 - Pick. Used to push running pole under the ice before the "Go-Devil" was used. Cedar handle, old manure fork made into the prongs.

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00:12:47 - Most fishermen had the above tools.

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00:13:26 - Making tools. Done by blacksmiths in area or the fishermen themselves.

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00:14:22 - Ice saw. Belonged to father-in-law, Arthur Marchant. He fished with the Jeanquarts after his daughter married into the family.

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00:15:25 - His wife's role. Dad and brother too far away to help. Her jobs included dragging ice away, chopping holes, and cleaning slush from the holes.

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00:16:50 - Drop net. "Miniature." Used for "live bag"--defines this term. Put suckers in them so didn't have to haul to Green Bay every day. Could leave up to 2 weeks.

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00:18:31 - Hauling fish. Variations in catch. More fish in spring.

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00:20:03 - Ice chisel. Easy to lose through the ice. Brother made magnet to recover them. String over handle used for the children; learning to fish as a child. Preferred factory-made chisels.

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00:22:29 - Ice pick. (not shown in photographs). Same length as ice chisel. Used to chop ice and straighten up hole already made.

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00:23:46 - Scoop nets. Used to scoop fish from pound nets (see Jeanquarts' group fishing photo in collection). Also removed slush in channel of pound nets. Homemade on right, in photograph; outer ring so ice wouldn't hurt net.

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00:26:58 - Pike pole. Cedar. Used to push cakes of ice out of their way under the hole. Sometimes used instead of "Go-Devil" (which was scarcely used; depending on amount of slush).

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00:29:31 - Age of tools. Most owned in 1944, except for live bag and chisel, from the early 1950's.

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00:30:19 - Pound nets burned in brother's barn fire. Stored there after stopped fishing. Gill nets left are unusable (brother's still good, stored in house).

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00:31:04 - Feels perch may be coming back. Colder at shipyards in winter than fishing.

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