Pound Nets

This first picture is of part of a pound net, if my research is correct.  It is made up of poles planted in the shallow water just off a beach, perpendicular to shore, connected with a complex arrangement of nets.  When it is in use, the end of the net is extended to the shore.  Fish swimming parallel to shore run into the net, and turn toward deeper water.  When they get to the end of the straight net, they find themselves in a heart-shaped net, which leads to another smaller round net, and they are caught.  The reason I photographed this arrangement was not for a lesson in fishing, but rather because I thought the silhouette of the shapes of the poles and arrangement of the nets was a really fascinating design.  In short, it was about the design, and the feeling of water and sky.  And, of course, this being the east end, the light is wonderful as well.