FLAT-SIDED AND FLAT-BACKED FISHES 401 



home waters halibut are most often caught on lines set for 

 other fish a haddock of a couple of pounds or so is hooked, 

 and the huge flat 

 fish engorges the 

 haddock. I have 

 given some ac- 

 count of the gear 

 and baits used in 

 the Faroe waters 

 for this fish on 

 pages 287-9. I n 

 the Moray Firth 

 the bait used is 

 a piece of plaice, 

 but a halibut will 

 take the usual cod 

 and turbot baits. 

 As a rule, when a 

 halibut is hooked 

 on a hand line it 

 breaks away,, and 

 when it seeks to 

 rob a long line it 

 is so large and 

 powerful that it 

 has been known 

 to go off with line, 



HALIBUT HOOK AND SNOOD, FAROE FISHERY 

 (ACTUAL SIZE) 



hooks, stones, and 



buoys. Halibut are 



found on the cod 



grounds in deepish water, and, like the lemon sole, rather 



affect the neighbourhood of rocks. 



One summer, when I was at Rhiconich, on the coast of 



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