He caught fish "in such numbers as to attract both our admiration and gratitude," Bigler wrote.
They are often hard to catch in large numbers, but their large size can make them a profitable catch.
In the early 1900s, small mouth bass and northern pike were caught in great numbers.
The new nets caught smaller creatures, and caught them in prodigious numbers.
Throughout the metropolitan area, far up the Hudson and along Atlantic shores, they are being caught in huge numbers.
They are usually caught in large numbers by trawling, seine fishing, or fixed net traps.
Turtle likewise abound, and are to be caught in great numbers in their season.
They are caught annually in vast numbers in Brazil.
The bank is an important fishing area, with cod and herring being caught in large numbers.
As the water quality of rivers has improved it can increasingly often be caught in large numbers by smaller fishmongers.