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INDIAN FISHING
At one time fishing was central to the Tlingit Indian's winter survival. Salmon fishing was the chief part of their diet, but also important were halibut, eulachon and herring. They lavished great care on the development of fishing equipment and techniques, which proved superior to those imported by the first Europeans. Only one fishing innovation was readily adopted by the 'Tlingit fishermen: the replacement of bone and stone points with iron.
Various traditional means were used by the Tlingit people for catching and using locally abundant fish. Fishing was considered men's work. Women prepared the catch.
SALMON
Five species of salmon - sockeye, king, silver, humpback and chum - run In late spring, summer and early fall.
The fishing trap, the most common method used for catching salmon, was quite simple in theory. One variety was a wooden fence stretched across a stream or river, preferably at a rapids. Salmon swimming upstream passed through the openings and into specially woven fishing baskets placed there by the fishermen. Another trap consisted of rows of posts placed closely together across a stream. These posts hampered the salmon on their upstream journey and allowed fishermen to spear them from wooden platforms.
The salmon spear was used in conjunction with the fish trap or when fishing from a canoe. An 11' to 16' shaft was topped with an iron (originally bone) barbed point attached with a leather thong. When a salmon was struck with a spear, the point detached it self from the shaft, allowing the fish to thrash without breaking the shaft.
The salmon fishing hook was a relatively primitive means for catching salmon and was commonly used from the shore or a canoe in shallow water. It was a long pole with an iron hook pulled through the water with a raking motion. Obviously, it was most successful in streams congested with salmon.
The gill net, another traditional fishing method for catching salmon, is very important today. A net with mesh designed to trap the fish by its gills was strung vertically across a stream.
EULACHON
Eulachon, a member of the smelt family, has always been prized by the Tlingit people. Their rendered oil was used for seasoning and preserving. Fishing traps, similar to those used for catching salmon but with a small mesh, were also used for eulachon fishing.
HALIBUT
The wooden halibut fishing hook was a V-shaped affair with an obliquely set iron nail. The wood was usually carved with symbolic figures, often heraldic or associated with the Shaman, such as the skeleton, devilfish and land otter. This would suggest that halibut hooks were to some degree sacred objects.
The fishing hook was usually baited with fish and lowered with a fine of red cedar fiber, braided sinew or the strong stem of a giant kelp. Stone sinkers carried the he to the bottom and wooden floats carved in animal forms alerted the fishermen to a bite. The entire fishing assembly was kept afloat with inflated bladders, allowing the fisherman to set several lines at once. Halibut were eaten fresh or dried.
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