46 MODERN SEA FISHING 



two to five pounds. Unfortunately this can only be carried on 

 conveniently from a sailing boat when the wind suits. The 

 blue phantom is a favourite artificial bait at this place, doubt- 

 less because it imitates a very small run of mackerel which 

 appear in early autumn, called locally 'joeys.' 



For years together the bass desert Tenby, as they do other 

 places, so that I would warn the intending bass fisherman to 

 be prepared for a possible disappointment. But looking at the 

 excellence of the angling for flat fish, mackerel and conger, 

 Tenby, taken as a whole, is a good place for the sea fisherman. 



If the bass are not in the bay it is evidently desirable not 

 to waste time seeking after them. Even if all else fails, there 

 is most exciting conger fishing to be had at night close along 

 the coast towards Waterwinch, or near Giltar Point. The best 

 congers, however, are taken over a ledge of rocks marked by a 

 beacon about a mile from the town. This is also a capital 

 place for bream. 



About a hundred yards off the point of St. Katherine's is a 

 group of rocks. Between these and the point a good deal of 

 fishing is carried on, the position of the boat being changed 

 according to the set of the tide. Very large grey mullet come 

 swimming round these rocks and towards the harbour, but it is 

 rare indeed that any of these are hooked. A few codling are 

 caught at this spot, but, so far as I know, are not plentiful, nor 

 are large cod nor whiting at all abundant. One of the amuse- 

 ments of the place is searching for crabs, congers, and lobsters 

 at low water during the lowest spring tides among the rocks 

 on St. Margaret's Island and along the shore towards Water- 

 winch ; there is also a good deal of prawning done. 



The sport here would be infinitely better if trawling were 

 prohibited in the shallow water of the little bays on either 

 side of St. Katherine's. I once counted about two hundred 

 Brixham trawlers in the harbour, and in bad weather a great 



