3-074-534 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The International Fisheries Exhibition: articles of fishing gear, 1883. '1. Lobster pots; 2. Sprat-fishing with stow-net; 3. The net and gear under water; 4. Trawl-beam carriage; 5. Harpoon, fluking, and eel-spears; cod lines, scull, bowls, and sinkers; 6. Live bait corve [?]; 7. Cod-hook, full size; 9. Ground creeper; 8 and 10. Improved trawl-net pockets, allowing immature fish to escape; 11. Improved dredge'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.