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in different localities. In some parts they used mussels for 

 fishing along shore within sixty or seventy miles of land, 

 but when they got beyond that they used different kinds of 

 fish for different seasons. When they got on to what was 

 called the " shawl " of the Dogger Bank, in the spring of 

 the year, when the fish began to accumulate in the warm 

 weather, they used whelks, when they went down at the 

 fall of the year to the north end of the Dogger deeper 

 water, they began to use lamprey eels along with whelks, to 

 assist in catching two or three kinds of fish which harboured 

 there ; as they extended further across the sea the bait was 

 changed again, according to the season of the year, and the 

 depth, and the clearness or thickness of the water. In some 

 parts they used lamprey eels for clear water, but when they 

 got to about two hundred miles away, they then took what 

 they considered a different class of bait to fish in deeper 

 water. There they caught cod, ling, halibut, skate, and 

 haddock. The bait used was lampreys, as a rule, and 

 later on herrings. In clear water the herring was the 

 most suitable fish ; in thick water they used whelk bait, 

 on account of the smell, which attracted the fish when 

 they could not see it. In the summer time, when on 

 what they call the Little Fisher Bank, they used herring 

 principally for taking large halibut and ling. At this 

 particular time of year they were fishing close to the 

 coast of Norway on the stony ground, a place which 

 he and his two sons opened out four years ago. They 

 were now on the ground using mackerel for taking halibut 

 weighing from 7 Ibs. up to 1 6, 18, and 20 stone. They 

 used vessels carrying 6 and 7 tons of ice each, and they 

 were employed for seven or eight months in the year. 

 Grimsby might be considered the largest fishing port in 

 England. It received upwards of 100,000 tons of fish in a 

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