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ing business long after the sun is high in the heavens, generally, 

 as in this instance, with less success. At 10 a.m. a return is 

 made for breakfast, and by twelve we are anchored about 

 twenty yards from the reed beds, just outside the fringe of 

 white-flowered weed on the point of what is known as Carlton 

 Ham. Here will be found at low water almost a seven-foot 

 plumb, with a long stretch of hard gravel bottom, and one of 

 the best perch swims between the Horseshoe Point and 

 Mutford Lock ; but although we fished continuously until five 

 o'clock in the afternoon, little was added to the take of the 

 early morning. 



Perch fishing is at all times precarious even on Oulton 

 Broad one cannot always command success but, taking one 

 day with another, and given favourable circumstances, better 

 bags are made here than on many other public waters, whilst 

 there is always the satisfaction of knowing that the fish are 

 there in quality as well as in quantity and in size if one 

 can only get amongst them. 



Referring to the plan the reader must understand that 

 " J " represents jack and pike ; " P," perch ; " B," bream. 

 The places of note and landmarks are named. The 

 dotted lines show shallow water and mudbanks, whilst the 

 whole map is compiled from memory with a view to assist 

 the intending visitor rather than to accurately represent the 

 district. With this map, and the directions to be obtained on 

 the spot, it will be the visitor's own fault if sport is not 

 obtained. 



The best swims for roach, perch and bream are from A 

 to B, which includes the southern shores of Carlton Ham 

 from the entrance to Oulton Dyke (on the west) to "The 

 Point," from C to D at the south-eastern corner of the 

 Broad, and from E to F running round Borrow's Ham and 

 the northern shores to the fleet of dismantled fishing craft 

 near the Great Eastern Railway Company's embankment. 



In fishing, the boat should be moored, fore and aft, 

 about twenty yards from the shore, just outside the fringe 



