28 GUERNSEY. ALDERNEY. ISLE OF MAN. 



The Island of Guernsey is worthy a visit by anyone taking 

 an interest in sea-fishing, particularly on account of the living 

 Sand-Eel method, which can be here seen in perfection in 

 summer, and would, I am confident, if adopted generally, yield 

 astonishing results. There is good fishing also round Alderney, 

 but at Jersey it is not considered so good ; in fact, that island 

 receives much of its fish from Guernsey ; however, the fishing 

 of Jersey is not fully developed. I would recommend visitors 

 to these islands to take with them on their return at least a 

 couple of hair-lines with pipe-leads, and a Sand-Eel basket, 

 there called a 'courge.' The fishing of Guernsey has much 

 deteriorated during the last fifteen years. 



Alderney. Visitors to Alderney will find numerous Pollack 

 in the rocky bays under the fort, and close to the shore whiffing 

 with flies or worms, particularly just before and after sunset. 

 Also Bream, by mooring with a stone, and fishing with lightly- 

 leaded lines, or lines without lead. The soft part of Limpets 

 is a very good bait for Bream (see .'Sea-Bream,' p. 171). Red 

 Mullet may be caught by a trammel. Lug- worms are dug out 

 of the sand near the old pier. Good sized Pouting are taken 

 near the end of the breakwater ; and near the Island of Burhou, 

 on the other side of the Singe Passage, there is excellent 

 fishing, provided you go with an island fisherman, without 

 whom it would not be prudent for any stranger to venture 

 outside the breakwater, on account of the various settings and 

 rapidity of the tides amongst the rocks. The rock or mud- 

 worm is here found by digging under stones &c. Sea-fish of 

 all kinds may be taken from the breakwater, or any steep rock 

 found available, with the rod or throw-out lines. Off the 

 breakwater a floating trot is found killing. Large Bass are 

 taken in the Swinge, or Singe Passage, by trolling under sail 

 with a Sand or Freshwater Eel bait ; under favourable circum- 

 stances the fly might be used. 



The Isle of Man also affords good fishing, the Bahama 

 Bank being a celebrated ground for Mackerel and Plaice &c. 

 Sand-Eels are very abundant in Ramsay Bay, but I have not 

 heard that nets are kept for taking them ; on the contrary, I 

 am informed they are dug out of the sand with forks. The 



