Posted 4/17/2021 09:49 (#8956664 - in reply to #8956592) Subject: RE: How We Used to Eat (1953 - 1955 or so)
Pittsburg, Kansas
Telephoning would be taking the generator from an old hand crank telephone and applying electrical shock to the water to stun the fish that would then float to the surface.
I don't know about the carbide. Perhaps some sort of explosive device as dynamite is used for fishing also. The concussion kills or stuns the fish.