Mussel fishers attached treble hooks like these, made from stiff metal wire, to a long pole and dragged them along the river bottom. When the treble hooks touched an open mussel shell, the mussel would snap shut against them. This trebel hook assembly and countless others like it was hand-made by Barnet "Barney" Bass II and used to pull mussels from the bottom of the Wabash River. | Date: 2019 | Source: Norbert Brown Collection, Knox County Public LibraryDownload Original File
Source
Norbert Brown Collection, Knox County Public Library
Date
2019
"Mussel Fishing Treble Hooks" appears in: Pearl City
