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places I have been in the habit of angling for 

 Whiting with rod and line are from the piers at Rams- 

 gate and Dover, for which purpose fit your tackle 

 as follows : provide a strong trolling rod, about 

 twenty feet long, with a stout ring on each joint, — 

 the top joint should have two ; fasten a multiplying 

 winch, of the largest size, (which ought to contain 

 seventy or eighty yards of the strongest platted silk 

 line,) to the butt of the rod ; draw as much of the 

 line from the winch, through the rings on the rod, 

 as is necessary j put on the line one of the largest 

 size cork floats, and within a foot of the hook as 

 many large shot as will sink the float three parts 

 under water. Then fasten the hook, or rather the 

 length of treble gut or platted silk to which the 

 hook, a No. 1, is tied on the line, either with a loop 

 or by a draw knot ; plumb the depth, for which 

 purpose a larger plummet is necessary than what 

 is used in river or pond fishing 3 let your bait lightly 

 .Irag the bottom : the best baits are fresh lug-worms, 

 pieces of Smelts, or any fresh white Fish, or well 

 scowered lob-worms 3 many sea Fish will also take a 

 large bunch of gentles put on the hook, or a piece 

 of greaves. These persons, who seldom angle for 

 any but salt-water Fish, are not so attentive to clean 

 good baits, or covering the point of the hook, &c. 

 as the fresh- water Anglers are, but those who pay 

 a little more attention to the mode of baiting the 

 hooks, &c., will be amply repaid by increase of 

 5port. — Note, the best time for salt-water fishing is 



