THE 



SEA-FISHERMAN: 



COMPRISING 



THE CHIEF METHODS OF HOOK AND 



LINE FISHING IN THE BRITISH AND OTHER SEAS, AND 

 REMARKS ON NETS, BOATS, AND BOATING. 



BY 



J. C. \W I_L_C PC K S 



PLYMOUTH (LATE OF GUERNSEY): 

 WINNER OF THE PRIZE OF ONE HUNDRED POUNDS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES 



EXHIBITION OF 1883 FOR THE BEST ESSAY ON IMPROVED FISHERY HARBOUR 



ACCOMMODATION FOR GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, ETC. ETC. 



AND AUTHOR OF SIX OTHER PRIZE ESSAYS ON FISHERY 



SUBJECTS AT THE FISHERIES EXHIBITIONS AT 



NORWICH l88l AND EDINBURGH 1882. 



PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH WOODCUTS OF LEADS \ 



BAITED HOOKS, KNOTS, NETS, BOATS, &c. AND 



DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SAME. 



! I cast my line in Largo Bay, 



And hauled up fishes nine ; 

 They're three to boil, and three to fry, 



And three to bait the line. 



The boatie rows ' &c. (auld Song). 



FOURTH EDITION, 



MUCH ENLARGED AND ALMOST ENTIRELY REWRITTEN. 



LONDON : 

 LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 



1884. 



All rig/its reservtd. 



