Putcher fishing is a type of fishing (usually of
salmon) which employs multiple putcher baskets, set in a fixed wooden frame, against the
tide in a river
estuary, notably on the
River Severn, in
England and South East
Wales. Putchers are placed in rows, standing four or five high, in a wooden "rank" set out against the incoming and/or outgoing tides.[1]
^Goldbold, R.C. and Turner, R.C. (with contributions by Hillam, J., Johnson, S. and O'Sullivan, A.), Medieval Fishtraps in the Severn Estuary, Medieval Archaeology, Vol 38, 1994, pp 19-54. Publisher: Maney. ISSN 0076-6097.