Salmon Fishing - "Putchers" (General)

by barbarajane , Thursday, December 09, 2010, 22:25 (5102 days ago) @ m p griffiths

The other way of catching salmon involved a 'Y' shaped net. The fisherman went out onto the sand/mud flats at low tide & looked for the wake made by the salmons upper fin in the low water. He the had to place his net so the salmon swam into it. All while keeping one eye on the tide, which has a habit of coming up one side of the channel then cutting you off from behind.