SEA FISHING 

 whiting are also caught in autumn, as well as cod, and Mount's Bay will 

 long be remembered as the scene of Lord St Levan's recent raid on large 

 sharks. The best of the fishing round the Scilly Islands is also for 

 pollack, either railing with rubber baits, or baiting with rockworms, 

 and hereabouts also is wonderful ground for conger, hake, skate and 

 other big fish, but fine weather is essential, and fine weather is not 

 always to be had. In any case, the ground swell is distressing to anyone 

 not inured. 



(iii) THE WEST COAST. Bass fishing is once more to the fore on the 

 west side, from the Bristol Channel to the extreme north of Wales, and 

 pollack, conger and " coarse " fish are also to be had in plenty. The west 

 coast is more rocky and broken than the east, and heavier seas must 

 occasionally be allowed for. On the whole, however, it is more promising 

 ground for the angler, if only because, being farther from London, it is 

 less crowded. 



NORTH CORNWALL AND DEVON. Bass are caught at St Ives (railing 

 with artificial baits, or at anchor with pilchard bait), Newquay (from 

 the rocks, with live sand-eel), Padstow (at the mouth of the river, in 

 somewhat dangerous tides, baiting with sand-eel or green crab), Clovelly 

 (railing with flies or spinner), Ilfracombe (railing with rubber baits), 

 and Lynmouth (the esplanade, with squid bait, or in the river, with float 

 tackle and soft live prawn or green crab). There is good ground for pollack 

 and skate, with conger at night, off Newquay (baiting with pilchard), 

 Ilfracombe (baiting with lugworm and mussel) and Lynmouth (herring 

 bait), while at the last-named grey mullet are also taken in the mouth 

 of the river, using float tackle and baiting with soft roe of herring. 



WALES. Bass are caught from the piers at the Mumbles and Tenby, 

 baiting with ragworm or herring, but the best fish at Tenby are taken 

 in boats in the swift tides off Caldy Island, either railing with a bait made 

 of bass skin, or at anchor, with a bait of ray's liver. At Barmouth, on 

 the other hand, they are caught by railing in the estuary with a bait made 

 of plaice skin, and at Pwllheli in the lagoon, with live sand-eel, or railing 

 round the island with artificial baits. 



The rest of the west coast is of little account to the amateur, at any rate 

 until we get to the rocky ground near the Sol way, where the fishing, 

 which is probably better, has been little studied. 



The Isle of Man, which is somewhat outside the holiday ambitions of 



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