158 SEA-FISH. 
or outrigger, which is simply wedged on the gun- 
wale, the line being passed round the outer end. 
Some fasten a little bell on this outrigger, similar 
to the arrangement used on the bamboo rod for 
catching albicore and barracouta at sea; but this 
appears to me quite superfluous in this case, as it 
is easy to keep an eye on the bending of the cane. 
In the absence of 
some such device, I 
have found it a good 
plan to hitch the line 
round a cork buoy, 
or even round the 
foot-rest, wedging the 
latter lightly under 
the thwart, so that, 
while retaining its 
place as the boat 
moves through the 
water, the hooking of 
a fish is sufficient to 
: pull it overboard, and 
eRe Diey, its buoyancy is just 
enough to play the 
pollack until it is hauled back in the boat. 
The size of the hook and bait is always a puzzling 
choice to the beginner, if not often indeed to those 
of experience. One rule may, however, in railing 
as in other fishing, be kept in mind, and that is the 
advisability of using as large a hook as the fish will 
take, for the smaller the hook, the more time it takes 
to get it out of the fish. When the fish are shy, a 
small bait will often carry the day, and it is not a 
bad plan in that case to have a detachable swivel 
above each hook, so that the latter can be rapidly 
