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00:00:04 - Introduction

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00:01:03 - Floats. Wooden--(no. 6) Dipped in hot linseed oil, strung on twine and hung to dry. Usually sealed with 3 coats. Aluminum--First ones had ridge at each end to fasten twine. Later added more ridges for reinforcement (no. 8). Bought from Chicago or Manitowoc. Could boil them-an advantage. Plastic--Don't have to boil floats or nets. Won't rot if left in box in summer.

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00:03:41 - Twine--name for nets. Plastic today; lighter, cheaper.

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00:04:23 - Awls. (no. 9) Made themselves by rounding wood. Drove nail in, cut off and burned. Still in use today.

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00:05:01 - Similarities to today; tools. Awls, shuttles, leads. Buy lead sinkers today or use old ones.

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00:06:05 - Nets. They bought the mesh. Mended holes with shuttle, knots.

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00:07:50 - Tarring nets (hoop--also called fyke or drop--and pound). Heated water in large kettle; had to be at right temperature or burned cotton twine. Today don't tar because use plastic.

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00:08:36 - Fishermen choose either pound or gill nets unless had larger crews. He fished with gill nets.

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00:09:23 - Weight of twine. Mesh is fine thread on gill net (see gill net in Collection). Less fish sees it, they 'gill.' Larger, they 'lead' (pound net).

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00:10:20 - Regulations on size of mesh (holes) only. Thinks no regulations in his grandfather's time. They caught more varieties of fish.

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00:10:55 - Pound net. (See diagram in Collection). Describe how fish trapped in. Heart--made of heavy seaming twine. Have to 'stand the weather,' close to surface, especially in summer. Lead--looks like gill net but made of seaming twine. 400-500 ft. at most. Pot--same mesh as heart.

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00:13:55 - Changes in mesh size.

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00:17:01 - Dip nets. 2 ft. diameter. Made themselves.

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00:18:29 - Where they set pound nets. Usually went back to 'old spot.' Knew where people's spots were; all local.

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00:19:49 - All fisherman pretty much alike.' Doesn't feel anyone much better than anyone else. Helped each other; for example, in pulling out nets in spring, a risky job.

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00:20:51 - Taking nets out in spring. Can't remove until ice 'pretty well rotted.' Describes how the net is caught in ice, how they get the fish out.

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00:23:35 - Why chose gill nets. Set them 'blind'--nets stayed in place. With pound nets, lost money if ice moved.

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00:25:12 - Wooden floats (slats-no. 7). Cedar. Describes drying process.

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00:27:07 - Feelings about fishing. Loved doing it. His own relationship to fishing today.

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00:27:41 - No fight nets in area today; 'no fish.'

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00:28:35 - Hired help. All nationalities. 50 cents/day plus room and board. Boys from large families; 'you couldn't buy a job.' Apprenticeships; all started that way. He worked with an older man as 17-year-old. Helped LaViolette later. Discusses languages used.

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