SEA-FISHING AS A SPORT. 



THE BOAT AND GEAR. 



A SMALL yacht, of from ten to twenty-five tons, 

 can be made very useful for fishing excursions of 

 a few days at a time, by setting bultoes, and 

 whilst they are down the yacht can be under 

 weigh trawling; a couple or three gentlemen, 

 with a man and a boy, can very well manage a 

 yacht of this kind, and in the course of a season 

 an immense number of all kinds of fish will be 

 taken. Lines of every kind should be taken on 

 board when going on an excursion of this kind, 

 and every sort of gear as described under that 

 head, also three or four crab pots for the capture 

 of crabs or lobsters ; and half a dozen prawn pots, 

 for on almost all parts of the rocky coast the 

 very finest prawns may be taken if the pots are 

 set overnight baited with stale fish, fish garbage, 



