20 SOUTH-WEST COAST FISHING STATIONS. 



Torbay, but this is not the rule, it is the exception, as they are 

 generally found in deeper water. A Sand-Eel seine is kept at 

 Paignton, a good position to start from in consequence. Pol- 

 lack and other fish may be caught by angling from -the end of 

 Torquay new pier, depth i6ft. at low water. There is also a 

 good spot half a mile to the left of Torquay, close to the per- 

 forated rock known as London Bridge, the quarry rocks there 

 being perpendicular, with deep water at the foot. 



I have had good Pollack-fishing with drift lines close in- 

 side Thatcher Rock, with living Sand-Eel bait at spring tides, 

 from two hours' flood to one hour's ebb. Fisherman, Gumming. 



Brixham is one of the chief fishing towns of England, and 

 employs a large number of trawling vessels and fishing boats. 

 Whiting- Pout are often plentiful in Brixham Roads, commonly 

 called ' The Sedge ; ' and Pollack and Bass towards Berry 

 Head. Many Bass caught also at the trawlers' moorings in the 

 Sedge. All along the coast between Brixham and Dartmouth, 

 from the shore itself to a mile distance, excellent fishing is ob- 

 tainable, on account of the deep water running so closely up to 

 the land. Close to Berry Head itself there is great facility for 

 rod fishing from the shore, for the rocks rise from the water like 

 a wall, and admit vessels to lie alongside and load with lime- 

 stone for days together during fine weather. Both Pollack and 

 Bass range along these rocks, and can be taken by angling with 

 or without a float, baiting with rag-worms. For Bass, Soft 

 Crab, Cuttle Fish, Pilchard, and Squid are recommended. 

 From the commanding positions which can be taken up on 

 these rocks, spinning natural or artificial baits may be tried 

 without difficulty. Abundance of Squid and Pilchards are 

 brought into Brixham by the trawlers and seine fishermen. 

 Immediately after rounding Berry Head, a large rock, called 

 the Eastern Cod, is seen a short distance from the land. 

 Abundance of fish, such as Bass, Pollack, Conger, &c., are 

 found here. Bass have been seen in very large shoals on the 

 surface on the flowing tide, and excellent sport has often been 

 obtained, by casting with the fly, and with artificial bait, under 

 favourable circumstances of wind and weather. Also from high 

 water as the tide ebbs. 



