CONTENTS. 



Rod-fishing with a Light Line, 



the Pater-Noster Line . . 95 

 The Floating Trot ... 96 

 The Coal-fish . . . . 98 

 The Whiting- Pout ... 99 

 The Power or Poor-Cod . . 101 

 A Day's Ground-fishing . 101 



The Dab 115 



The Flounder or Fluke . .119 

 Flounder-spearing, the Fork . . 121 

 The Fluking-pick or Pike . . 122 



The Halibut 122 



The Mackerel, Sailing-boat for 



Mackerel-fishing . . . 123 



Lines, Leads 124 



Baits . . . . . 126 



Booms or Bobbers for Mackerel- 

 fishing, Artificial Baits . . 127 



Ground Mackerel-fishing . . 128 

 A Day with the Mackerel . . 129 

 Mackerel-fishing at Anchor . 134 

 The Scad or Horse-Mackerel . . 136 



The Bass 137 



Ground-fishing for Bass . . . 139 

 The Bulter, Trot, or Spiller . 142 

 Trot Basket and Hook Holder . 143 

 ' The Outhaul ' Bulter . . 143 

 Harbour Ground-fishing from a 



Boat 144 



Drift-line Fishing for Bass in 



Bar-harbours . . . 145 

 Canvas Bucket for Bait . . . 148 

 Whiffing for Bass . . .150 

 Angling for Bass . . . . 151 



The Dory 152 



The Grey Mullet . . . . 153 



The Chervin, or Shrimp Ground- 

 bait 154 



The Smelt and Sand-Smelt, or 



Atherine 155 



The Cod 158 



The Newfoundland Cod-fishery . 159 



The Ling 164 



The Sea-Loach or Rock-Ling, 



the Haddock . . . . 165 



The Hake 165 



The Sole 167 



The Plaice 168 



The Turbot and Drift-Trot . 169 

 The Brill, the Wrasse or Rock- 

 fish, the Sea- Bream . .170 

 The Braize, or Becker . . . 173 

 The Gar-fish, or Long-Nose . 174 

 The Red Mullet . . . . 174 

 The Gurnard or Gurnet . . 175 

 The Conger . .... 176 



The Skate 181 



Dog-fish and Sharks . . . 182 

 The Herring, Pilchard, Sprat, 



and White-bait . . .182 

 The Freshwater-Eel, Bobbing . 183 



Clotting 184 



Hook and Line . . . . 185 

 General Baits for Sea-fish, the 



Mussel .... 187 

 The Lug- Worm, the Rag- Worm, 



Rock or Mud- Worm . . 188 

 The White Sand- Worm . .189 



The Varm or Sea Tape- Worm, 



Earth and Lob- Worm . . 190 



The Sand-Eel and Launce . . 190 



Dipping Sand-Eels on the Sur- 

 face . . . 191 



