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4. FLAGS, ROPES and FLOATS.
History of flags, ropes & floats in the crayfishing industry.
The cray pots on board the "LESLEY JOAN" have red plastic necks which replaced the hand woven cane ones earlier used. When flags were used by the fishers to mark the sites where they had set the pots, each boat had it's own set of colours. They were attached to long bamboo canes and then tied to the potlines with synthetic rope. There would be approximately 3 pots to each flag. Different colour combinations showed different placement of pots.
Flags are no longer used because all the boats are equipped with G.P.S. (Global Positioning System). Over many years floats were also used to show where the pots had been set. They were made from cork, glass and later foam plastic.
Pots and floats were one time attached to ropes made from sisal, but this rope would become water logged and sink. It floats making it easier to haul the pots on board the boats.
Info courtesy Kingston branch of the National Trust.
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