Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — Fishing by Electricity. [ARTICLE]

Fishing by Electricity.

A very “taking” net has been devised, having a small incandescent lamp in the center. It is a cast net with a thin rubber tube on the outer edge, which is easily inflated from the shore or boat. The fish, attracted by the ligbfe surround it and'the pneumatic tube rising to the surface of the water, the fish are caught easily and without iitfury to the spawn, a most important result when such fish are needed (or breeding purposes.—[Atlanta Conatitotioa-