158 WHAT I HAVE SEEN WHILE FISHING 



strong as any salmon, caused us a lengthy, excited 

 struggle that left us in need of just a little pause. 

 So we turned round a point, and found ourselves 

 in a little bay that had a shelving landing-place, 

 and there we lunched. 



We had to leave the little bay, for in it we 

 could find only soldier-pollack, which usually run 

 very small and are not so good to eat. 



When once outside we were again subjected to 

 the peculiar swinging motion which we had found 

 so troublesome, and again we had to tussle with 

 two large fish which used their advantage of our 

 sudden dropping into a deep trough and the con- 

 sequent slacking of line to get amongst the weeds. 

 Backing the boat was quite impossible, and we 

 had to make a wide circuit to get back on them. 

 Fortunately, we had lengthy lines which permitted 

 this manoeuvre or we should have had a second 

 loss. As is generally the case the fish soon bolted 

 from their cover when we pulled on them from the 

 way by which they had entered. 



At last the waves became so high that we had 

 to give over fishing until we could find smoother 

 water. This we got when we reached Bellachreesh 

 Bay, where we took several fish, but too small to 

 give much pleasure in their capture. So again we 

 ventured forth, and we were no sooner round the 

 point than we were again busy with two strong 

 fish which, helped by the strange antics of our boat, 

 gave us great fun. 



