206 SEA-FISH. 
well .as at. several ports of call on the route to the, 
Antipodes. As| the fishing does not alter so-rapidly in: 
those seas, it is not of consequence that these foreign. 
notes are not- quite of yesterday, though ies are in no 
case out-of-date. ‘ 
At Home, 
I am indebted to Mr. G. Mackay, who has already 
Aber- been, quoted in connection with,rock-fishing, for 
deen a few particulars of the sport at ‘Aberdeen; and. 
I am only sorry that the Scotch. coast- -fishing (and Irish as 
well) should be so meagrely represented in these pages,. 
as I am assured that these localities give such sport as 
fully compensates the angler for the long and some, 
what tedious journey. It js a question, however, of the 
correspondents available, and I have spared no pains to 
importune as many.as I could Jay hands on for notes !. ; 
From the mouth of the Dee, s says Mr. “Mackay, the 
natural boundary between.the counties of Aberdeen and 
Kincardine, south to the confines of Forfar, stretches ¢ one 
of the most picturesque .and accessible tracts, of coast 
that the rock-fisher could find anywhere in ‘the north. 
From Aberdeen to the “Foulshooch,” half-a+ dozen miles 
south of Stonehaven, there must be twenty miles’of fishful 
voes and bays, any and all of which may be. got at either 
by alighting at side stations, or, more comfortably, by 
easy drives from Aberdeen, Cove, Muchalls, Rortlethen, 
or Stonehaven. Green cod and saithe, or coal fish, 
ranging in weight from 1 to 16 lbs. with occasional 
see fish of near 30, are the fish. most sought. The 
tackle and baits for the sport have been given in Chapter 
IV. Most rock-fishers on that coast give the preference 
to. bait fishing with the long rods aforementioned. Having 
selected their favourite spot, or approached as near as the 
state of the tide will allow, they fish until their seat’ be- 
comes risky from a rising tide, or the height too great for 
safely hauling the fish by reason of-a falling tide, when 
they shift to a more conveniently placed ledge and 
resume operations. Shelled mussel, the bait most in use, 
is sold in almost every hamlet thereabouts, Herring is 
preferred f for the flat fish, but these are only ken, in 
numbers in the sandy bays near Newburgh, Collieston 
