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MODERN SEA FISHING 



is BETWEEN 

 =TH BOTTLE CORKS 



will no doubt chiefly lay them 

 along the coast, near rocks, in 

 places frequented by bass and 

 pollack, rather than in the offing. 

 In autumn and winter, when the 

 cod come inshore, these fish may 

 be caught on the long line set a 

 few hundred yards below low- 

 water mark. 



The floating trot is used for 

 catching fish near the surface. 

 The illustration, prepared from 

 a piece of gear made by Mr. 

 Hearder, of Plymouth, renders a 

 detailed description unnecessary. 

 The horizontal line which bears 

 the snoods is buoyed at short 

 intervals, in addition to the larger 

 buoys. Ordinary hemp snooding 



