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by the rod and a Pater-Noster line, hooks No. 4 size, Kirby or 

 Limerick, and the bait a boiled Shrimp peeled, Rag- Worms, and 

 Lugs. For harbour-trot, use No. 13 hooks (fig. 63, p. 211, size 

 of line, fig. n, No. 2, p. 48). 



Many Plaice and sometimes Turbot are taken by spearing 

 on the sand flats between the Scilly Islands, also on the west 

 coast of Scotland. 



THE TURBOT. 



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This highly-prized fish frequents sand-banks in all parts of 

 the British seas, and is taken by the trawl and long lines or 

 bulters. The size of the hook one inch from the point to the 

 shank (p. 210), fastened to strong snooding three feet in length, 

 and from i to 2 fathoms apart, on a stout line of about the 

 thickness of window-sash line, coiled in a box, tray, or basket, 

 the hooks baited with half a Smelt, or Atherine, large Sand- Eels, 

 a piece of Herring, Mackerel, Long-Nose, otherwise called 

 Gar-fish, or other fresh fish. The Lampern is also an excellent 

 bait and is much used by Dutch fishermen for their long lines. 

 A fishery for Lamperns has existed at Teddington on the 

 Thames for ages. 



This line is secured by stones at certain distances, or anchors, 

 and supplied with buoy-lines to raise it when necessary. 



From two to three thousand hooks are sometimes attached 

 to one line, extending a mile or more in length, and shot across 

 the tide. Large boats in the North Sea carry frequently as 

 much as ten miles of long lines or trots. 



THE DRIFT-TROT. 



In Guernsey, whilst at anchor on the bank waiting to raise 

 the trot, the fishermen use a * Ligne Longue,' as they term it, 

 consisting of a 5o-hook trot bent on to a ground-line, and 

 which drifts out with the tide. Turbot are occasionally caught 

 with ordinary hand-lines whilst waiting for slack tide to raise 

 the long-lines ; the line such as used for Silver- Whiting. 

 Turbot vary in size from one or two to thirty pounds in weight. 



