Big Nets and Cold Fish

Next， they hung the net on two wooden poles， eachmeasuring 20 meters， exactly the distance between thesmall holes. The poles went into the lake at the twelveo'clock hole， with one pointing towards one o'clock andthe other towards eleven. The net dropped into the waterwith help of a metal sinker， and a piece of wood kept theother side afloat. A hooked anchor was employed to pullthe pole from one hole to another， with both poles ulti-mately meeting at six o'clock.