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Sea-trout occasionally grow to a very large size. One was got 

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one on 28th June 1907 weighing 19^ Ibs. This was the finest speci- 

 men I have ever seen (Fig. 152). We often capture sea-trout from 

 6 to 12 Ibs., but very seldom do we get monsters like this. 



All round our coasts the sea swarms with sea-trout, they are 



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