CHAPTER III. 



BAITS. 



Bacon SJcin — CocMes — Crabs — Cuttle — Earthworms — Eels — 

 Garfish — Gentles — Herrings — Horse-Mackerel — Lamperns — 

 Limpets — Lugworms — Mackerel — Mudworms — Mussels — 

 Oysters — Pilchards — Prawns — Ragworms — Roch Ling — 

 Sand-eels — Shrimps — Smelts — Snails — Sprats — Squid — 

 Whelks — White Sandworms — Ground Baits. 



HE difficulty of obtaining baits is very often 

 the sea - angler's greatest stumbling-block 

 for tbougb sea-fish feed on a great variety 

 of food, it is sometimes next to impossible 

 to obtain anything suitable. In the writer's 

 youthful days, he made his debut as a sea- 

 fisherman on Brighton Pier. His ideas on 

 the subject of angling were rather general 

 than particular, and knowing that most sea-fish devour their 

 own species, he thought that any piece of fish would do for 

 bait. The result was a failure. Next day, having noted that 

 certain brother anglers placed mussels on their hooks, he 

 imitated them, and soon hauled over the side of the pier 

 three whiting-pout, in the capture of which he experienced the 

 pure, unalloyed delight common to youngsters on taking fish for 

 the first time. If he had then been able to study the following 

 list of baits, he would probably have added to his basket. 



I have endeavoured to make this chapter as comprehensive 

 as possible, so that, however badly off the angler may think 

 himself for bait, by looking through the long list given he 

 may chance upon something procurable. The names are 

 arranged in alphabetical order, for convenience of reference. 



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