Traditional fishing methods
Seine
It was a fishing net used to catch salmons, herrings and sprats. Women and children were allowed to work during seine fishing, but this was not a constant practice. The seine consisted of a womb and two wings with ropes. At its ends, there were ropes, which were used to pull out seine on shore. Fishermen used in this process the special wooden harnesses. They dressed them at the waist, tied the ropes to the harness and walked backwards one after the other to pull seine on the shore. It was a time-consuming task. Salmon fishing using this method began just before Easter.
Small seine
After Easter, flounders were fished until the end of July. Net called in Polish ceza were used for this purpose. These were small, hand-held seines consisting of a net bag, wings and ropes with woven bundles of straw. Two or three fishermen were needed to operate this net.
A standing nets
Herrings were fished with standing nets all year. In Polish these nets are called mance. For this fishing method, the cooperation of 2- or 3- fishermen boat teams was enough.
Nets for Eel
This nets consisted of two bellows that were stuck one into the other. Piles with attached Nets for Eel were driven into the seabed. Fishing with this method was successful only on moonless nights. Nets for Eel were used from mid-September to November 1. In Polish these nets are called żaki.
A drift nets
From the end of the 19th century, thanks to frequent contact with Scandinavian fishermen, new fishing methods began to be used in fishing. One of them was drift nets fishing. They were nets that floated freely just below the water's surface. They were used for spring salmon fishing. These nets were called in Polish pławnice. The use of drift nets caused fish to flow away from the shores, so the use of coastal nets was discontinued.
A longline fishing
A new fishing method was longline fishing salmon rods also called hooks (in Polish is called takla). The longline fishing period was from November to March and produced various results - from 15 to 100 pieces of salmon per boat.
