Nets Under The Ice - Ice Fishing (photo, JPG, photobucket)

[warptman]

In the winter here in Alaska, people set nets under the ice to catch Whitefish, Cheefish, and Burbot. They cut a series of holes in a row and thread the rope to the other end and pull the net through to the other end and anchor them to long poles.











two whitefish and one cheefish.

[Maine Writer]

How do they know when they have a fish in the net? I'm lost without the orange flag popping up.

[warptman]

They don't have anything like that. They go check it on a daily or every other day basis. The net goes all the way to the other hole.

[Maine Writer]

Got it. Thanks. I don't think we can do that here. If we can it's so uncommon that I haven't seen it done in a lot of years of ice fishing.

[Inthesierras]

Learn something new everyday! In Calif we can't fish with nets. I think the Native Americans can use nets.