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loth, was a most lovely day, and the takes were even better than 

 the preceding one. Messrs. Gould, 47 lb., and a nice cod of 

 7 Ib. 10 oz., besides codling; Jaques, 45 lb. ; Alec Wright, 40 lb. ; 

 Vail, 38 lb. ; Wm. Marshall, 34^ lb. ; F. W. Norman, 31^ lb. ; 

 J. C. Bartlett, 27 lb. ; W. F. Dyer, 31 lb. ; Parker, 26 lb. ; J. P. 

 West, i8Hb. ; Raison, iS^lb. ; in all 357 lb. of whiting, besides 

 cod. Mr. Chatto, of the Haymarket, took 200 whiting and 

 6 codling, Tom Norris being in charge. Nov. u, Messrs. A. 

 Danger-field, T. Chatto, and Geo. Brook went out with Tom 

 Norris in a galley punt and caught 200 whiting and dabs and 14 

 large codling, Mr. Brook being credited also with a fine-looking 

 cod of Qlb. Mr. Capel Cure, with Dick Riley, had a nice catch 

 of whiting and a cod of 14 lb. goz. after being cleaned. Messrs. 

 Alfred Rolls, A. W. Taylor, and George Green were out with H. 

 Norris and myself, and we secured 420 whiting, 21 fine codling, 

 and a few dabs. Mr. Ball and his son went out at 8 A.M. intending 

 to fish near the Break Buoy, but after a short stay there, were 

 obliged to put back owing to increase of wind and tide ; they, 

 however, anchored near the Second Battery and took 119 whiting 

 and 3 cod of 8 lb., 5 lb., and 3^ lb. ; Messrs. Capel Cure and Collins 

 also had excellent sport with whiting and cod. Pier fishing has 

 been extraordinary, for the weather has been glorious, and large 

 takes of fish have been the rule. The above records may read 

 like a fairy tale, but, fortunately, they can be substantiated, and 

 with such weather Deal has become a perfect anglers' paradise. 

 Everyone knows the uncertainty of our climate, however ; and 

 readers will have already been made acquainted with the rough 

 weather we have recently experienced, but I anticipate some 

 grand sport as soon as the sea thins down. EDWARD HANGER. 



The following week another remarkable catch was reported 

 from Great Yarmouth, made by Captain Clowes in the Roads 

 close to Wellington Pier. It consisted of twenty fish weighing 

 i5olbs., the largest 3olbs. The species is not mentioned, but 

 without much doubt the fish were cod. 



The fishing described in the report from the Downs, good 

 as it is, can hardly be called the highest form of sea angling 

 regarded from a sportsman's point of view, but it gives evidence 



