setline

The components of a commercial fisherman's setline were measured in fathoms.

A trotline is defined as "a comparatively short setline used near shore or along streams."

Webster's dictionary defines a setline as being "a long heavy fishing line to which several hooks are attached in series."

Some other common variations of a setline include limblines, throwlines, and juglines.

The rope called a groundline, used to form the main line of a setline, was usually provided in bundles of 300 fathoms.

In February 2003, Rowat was fined $550 for fishing without a licence and having a setline, in connection with this incident.

In its use in the commercial crabbing industry (on the Chesapeake Bay for example), a trotline is used as a variation of a setline.

A setline is a line that is hooked and baited and left unattended and is an illegal way of fishing.

If the command is entered with no parameters, then more than one line type can be changed without re-entering the SETLINE command.

Especially in Pacific coast fisheries the setline was composed of units called "skates", each consisting of several hundred fathoms of groundline, with gangions and hooks attached.

However, we must emphasise that under no circumstances can the legering techniques used in present day coarse angling be associated with the 'crude or secreted' setline method of illegally catching game fish species.