Netmaking and Net Fishing in Florida

"Strangest catch? Well the strangest catch would probably be a submarine. An actual submarine in somebody's net started towing the boat backwards almost sinking the boat." -Billy Burbank III

About the Collection Materials from the Florida Folklife Program. Documents and Audio Interview with Billy Burbank III in net shop in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Photos Photographs of netmaking and net fishing. Lesson Plans Listening to history.

In the accompanying interview, longtime net maker and Fernandina resident Billy Burbank III discusses the history and practices of the net making trade. Conducted by folklorist Peggy Bulger in July 1980, the interview features Burbank discussing the family netmaking business as well as the netmaking process, net types, and the various tools involved.

This unit includes the original audio, as well as the original transcript and the pictures that folklorist Bulger created during the interview. These materials, audio and visual, were created as part of the Florida Folklife Program, and are presently housed at the Florida State Archives.