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sea Castle and in various other spots. In the harbour at the 

 moorings of the ' Boys' Brig,' but here usually they are very 

 small. 



Whiting at Spithead, likewise small as compared with fish 

 farther west : Bass are sometimes taken off Blockhouse Point 

 Beach by line, and by shooting a trot in the mouth of Haslar 

 Creek. Best bait, Cuttle-fish. Sand-Smelts in Portsmouth 

 Harbour. 



Isle of Wight Whiting-Pollack (here called Whiting- 

 Cole) off Sea- View, near Bembridge Ledge, and also off other 

 rocky points at the back of the Isle of Wight, with Mackerel 

 anywhere off the last mentioned in the summer months. Good 

 long-lining or trotting off Sea- View, lug-worms abundant. A 

 Sand-Eel seine is kept at Sandown, but is seldom used after 

 July. 



The Solent, The fishing in the Solent is not of much 

 account at the present day, whatever it might have been 

 formerly, and consists of some Pouting and Whiting catching, 

 and trotting for small Conger &c., with Smelt-Fishing, in the 

 various rivers emptying themselves therein, in which also 

 Flounders, Eels, and Mullet will be found. Bass at the mouth 

 of Lymington Creek, and other harbours. 



Southampton. Sand-Smelts and Mullet in the docks and 

 from piers and quays on the Itchen River. Whiting very nu- 

 merous but small, at the lower portion of Southampton Water 

 and near the Bramble Shoal ; also off Hythe. Trawling in 

 Southampton Water. Many fine Eels are taken both by hook 

 and line, bobbing and spearing. No bait is equal to the soft 

 Crab for line-fishing, for Eels and Flounders in a tideway. 



Christchurch and Poole. Christchurch Bay affords Mac- 

 kerel-fishing, which may be understood to be almost universal 

 on the coast westwards during the summer months, and the 

 rocky ground of Christchurch Ledge will furnish Whiting-Cole ; 

 in this and Poole harbours, Sand-Smelts are very numerous, 

 with Eels, Flounders, and Grey Mullet. Wild-fowl shooting is 

 good here in hard winters. Bass in the mouths of both these 

 harbours. 



Swanage, Round Peverel Ledge, and Durlestone Head to 



