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different mackerel fishing in the Solent. Occasionally some 

 bass are taken off Spithead. 



In Chichester Harbour are found bass, mullet and smelts, 

 and round Selsea Bill is some fair fishing for pollack and bass 

 from boats the sea is often lively here. Near the Bill is a 

 little accommodation for fishermen ; the place is eight miles 

 from the railway station. 



Bognor is hardly worth considering ; but at Littlehampton, 

 where the river Arun runs into the sea, there is fishing for 

 mullet and bass. Occasionally some really good sport is 

 obtained here. Wrasse, which are locally called rock tench, 

 are very plentiful. The best of the mullet fishing is from the 

 pier. 



The sea fishing at Worthing is not notable, but Shoreham 

 Harbour, which has of late years been thoroughly explored by 

 Mr. J. C. Wilcocks, the author of the 'Sea Fisherman,' has 

 yielded that gentleman a fair number of bass, though it is a 

 place where a good many blank days must be expected. A 

 few miles out some very large plaice and whiting are caught. 

 Sand eels, which on the Sussex coast are called ' wriggles,' are 

 to be obtained from the fishermen at Brighton, who catch them 

 in whitebait nets. There are plenty of lug and rag worms to 

 be obtained in the harbour. 



I have a sentimental regard for Brighton, as being the place 

 where I caught my first sea fish something more than a 

 quarter of a century ago. I remember how proud I was on 

 being told by the fishermen that I had caught the first silver 

 whiting of the season, but I further recollect that our bag 

 mainly consisted of dogfish. 



At most of these South-coast watering-places the local 

 fishermen cater for the cockney, who knows nothing whatever 

 of sea fishing, and is well satisfied to be taken out half a mile or 

 so to catch a couple of dozen whiting pout and small dogfish. 



