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What Did The Colonists Use To Catch Fish With in the USA

Angling methods included fish traps or weirs [an enclosure of stakes set in a stream to trap fish]. One of the more common practices inherited from Native Americans was using bamboo like grass (Arundinaria) to funnel fish into small spaces where they could be speared or shot. What tools did the colonists use? Handsaws and…