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Luk 5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
Luk 5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.
Luk 5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Luk 5:7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
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Hi....
And so here is a second technique of fishing with long nets. Another member had suggested that Genessaret fishing was carried out (mainly) by caste or thrown nets, but the boats would have used gill or drag nets.
Luke was not a fisherman, and his account is second hand. My point is that he mentioned 'launching into the deep...' Jewish Genessaret fishermen probably did not launch their nets into the deeps, but worked them where the bliny and shoal fish came into more shallow areas. The deeps harboured the great carnivore catfish which could smash up a net in minutes, and which could not be eaten by Jews, so it's hard to see why fishermen would do that.
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