1-i GRAB, SHRIMP, AND LOBSTER LORE. 



when tlie stone is removed the loop falls out and leaves 

 the line as before its attachment. Large powerful fish 

 should never be lifted into the boat by the tackle. A 

 wide, short-handled landing-net, and gaff, made from a 

 large-sized fish-hook, lashed to a staff, form an essen- 

 tial part of the equipment. 



The owners of yachts, and families residing near the 

 sea, will find a fev/ crab-pots, which can be made at a 

 very trifling cost, a valuable acquisition, as not only 

 crabs, but lobsters, cray-fish, and f>rawns are readily 

 taken in them. Sea fishing-tackle will be found very 

 useful, as after having baited and laid down the pots a 

 number of fish may be very often caught. These will 

 be found acceptable as an addition to the daily bill of 

 fare, and such as are of inferior quality make excellent 

 crab-bait. It is not our intention to enter at any 

 length on a description of sea-fishing gear ; still there 

 are certain hints and expedients relating to it which 

 may not prove unacceptable to the reader. Lines vary 

 much in substance and length with the description of 

 fish it is intended to capture, cod, conger eels, hake, 

 &c., requiring them of considerable strength and power ; 

 but it will be found, as a rule, that the lines used by 

 the regular fishermen of our coasts are much stouter 

 than is necessary, and it may be depended on that the 

 finer the tackle is, consistent witli the requisite strength 

 to hold the fish when hooked, the more successful will 



