When those holding the net feel the fish in it, they fold the two sticks together and bring the net out.
To catch fish they also make small weirs and dams of stones, with narrow passages of stones leading to them.

The fish are swept by the current into these yards, and there either caught by the blacks with their hands, or speared.

The most celebrated of these stone fish-traps is at Brewarrina on the Barwon.

It is said to have been made by Byamee, the god and culture-hero of these people, and his giant sons.

He it was who established the rule that there should be a camping-ground in common for the various tribes where, during the fishing festival, peace should be strictly kept, all meeting to enjoy the fish, to do their share towards preserving the fisheries.
Each tribe has its particular yards; for another to take fish from these is theft.