22 SOUTH-WEST COAST FISHING STATIONS. 



In the neighbouring Start Bay all the usual sea-fishing is attain- 

 able, and large quantities of Sand-Eels are taken in nets by the 

 fishermen, which would afford opportunity to try them alive, as 

 bait for sea-fishing. Steam yachts from Dartmouth, calling at 

 Slapton for Sand-Eel bait, have had good Pollack-fishing at the 

 Start. Teignmouth, Paignton, and this are the last places on 

 the coast, I believe, where nets are kept for the purpose, in 

 Devon. 



Although so plentiful, they are not used alive, but dead, 

 and for Whiting catching. Slapton is one of the most eligible 

 stations on the coast for a visitor, embracing both salt and 

 freshwater-fishing within a stone's throw of each other, and a 

 fine beach several miles in extent, with good sea-bathing. In 

 the small brooks near, some Trout are found. The hotel at 

 Torcross has been well spoken of by visitors. A new lake for 

 Pike, Perch, and Rudd has been created at Torcross, where 

 good sport is also obtained. 



Start Point, There is good angling for Pollack in Start 

 Cove, and Whiting- Pollack &c. are to be caught near the Start 

 Point and rocks, and near Peartree Head and its insulated rocks, 

 and over the foul ground extending to Prawle Point. 



Saleombe Harbour affords Mackerel and Pollack, which are 

 also found in the Range or roadstead outside ; Smelts, Mullet, 

 and Bass are plentiful. Half-way up to Kingsbridge on the 

 right is the Salstone Rock, close to which fishing from half 

 flood until high water spring tides, myself and friends have 

 taken from a few up to thirty Bass at a time, running up to six 

 pounds each. Bait, living Sand-Eels from South Sands, used 

 on drift lines at anchor. 



To the westward is the usual fishing in the large bay of 

 Bigbury, into which the two rivers Erme and Avon discharge 

 their waters. In these rivers there is fly-fishing for Trout. 

 They produce also Salmon and Truff, or Sea-trout 



Plymouth, Plymouth Sound affords various fishing ; Pout- 

 ing near the Hoe by the Mallard Black Buoy : Pouting are 

 found also near the White and Red Buoys, and in Cawsand 

 Bay. Whiting-Pollack on the shoal water between Drake's 

 Island and the main, at the Cobbler Buoy off Mount Batten, 



