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00:00:00 - Introduction

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00:00:49 - Began fishing 1932, learned from father. Still fishes with one brother on partnership.

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00:01:48 - Present fishing situation; few fish left. Fishes weekend and holds other job.

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00:02:46 - Summer fishing; difficult because needed much ice, shipped to Chicago, low prices.

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00:03:29 - Winter fishing; sold to fish houses in Green Bay.

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00:04:35 - Sons helped on weekend when weren't in school, daughter seldom went along.

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00:04:57 - Nets; 1965 last time made, they last long time with proper care.

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00:05:35 - Fishing boat; 20 ft. Mr. Destree made himself of redwood and other materials.

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00:07:13 - No shellfish gathered.

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00:07:38 - Carp fished for a few years, left in 1945 and returned again but the fishermen no longer had nets to fish them with. Now can't sell because of PCB levels. The Destrees' views on this ruling.

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00:08:55 - Net size differences.

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00:09:55 - Locating fish; set many nets to tell. Sometimes moved during winter when found 'good' spot.

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00:10:41 - No fish traps used.

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00:10:56 - Fish for meals; perch soup, whitefish soup, fried perch, lawyers; methods for preparation.

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00:13:43 - Smoked fish. Mr. Destree smokes carp today. Refrigerator made into smokehouse handles 50 lbs. fish. Fish shared with relatives, co-workers. Methods used. Used to smoke herring. Description of wooden smoke houses. Differences in preparation of these two fish.

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00:18:17 - Pickling suckers and canning trout today. Used to salt herring. Perch eggs fried.

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00:20:32 - Cleaning fish. Last year began cleaning those they sold themselves because customers prefer it. Lawyers always dressed.

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00:21:20 - Market; local people buy now because of scarcity of perch. Up to ca. 1971 sold larger amounts at home. Advertising by word-of-mouth. Manitowoc once brought many customers, now not so many because fewer lawyers.

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00:23:20 - Hadn't set pound net for 10 years. Would've set this year but too much snow, found many lawyers in gill nets, unusual.

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00:24:06 - Mr. Destree's enjoyment of fishing.

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00:24:58 - Commercial fishermen; about a dozen this year in area, at one time 200 in same area.

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00:25:42 - Many fishermen leave fishing industry to work in shipyards.

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00:26:10 - Mrs. Destree doesn't enjoy fishing. Used to work at Southern Door High School.

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00:28:06 - Bluefins, similar to herring, caught years ago but rare today.

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00:29:23 - "Rolled in nets;" expression means tangled in twine, not heads in mesh.

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00:29:59 - Perch habits. Bite after spawning, ca. May 20-June 1.

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00:31:00 - Spawning times of lake trout, whitefish, etc.

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00:32:00 - No boat parasites.

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00:32:16 - Financed fishing boat through fishing. Good boats built for several hundred dollars. First motor in 1935.

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