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netting. From Swanage, one of the best grounds is that 
known as Chapman’s Pool, to the westward round the 
next headland. 
As for the fresh-water fishing to be had in the neigh- 
bourhood, I may mention that there is at times very 
excellent pike-fishing at a place not far distant, known as 
Redhill, for which the charge is 2s. 6d. per day, but live 
bait is most difficult to procure. Lightwood, of Christ- 
church Road, is, I believe, the agent. At Christchurch, 
only a few miles distant, is the joint estuary of the Stour 
and Avon, the former famous for its pike, the latter for 
its salmon ; though the fishery for the latter, at Mudeford, 
has been worse during the present summer than for years 
past. A considerable stretch of the Stour is now rented 
by Alderman Newlyn, of Bournemouth, who has, within 
the last twelvemonth, turned upwards of five thousand 
fish of all kinds into the water. I had the pleasure on a 
recent occasion of punting with him over the whole 
stretch down to below Iford Bridge ; and he pointed out, 
having known the water for forty years, many a historic 
salmon-pool or backwater famed for the capture of some 
monster pike. Most of these rivers are strictly preserved, 
and the aforementioned stretch near Redhill (about a 
mile beyond the terminus of the omnibus that runs from 
the top of the Richmond Hill) is about the only one I 
know of where fishing can be had by day-ticket. 
Without ranking among the better sea-angling resorts 
near town, there was, until within the last few , fay 
years, fair sport to be had at Brighton, The~™8?'°? 
old Chain Pier, now a thing of the past, gave bass in 
summer, while there was first-rate conger- and pout- 
fishing off such grounds, now for the most part fished 
out,-as the ‘ Wreck,” ‘ ‘Town Hall Rocks,” and others. 
As at so many other spots, however, the Brighton sea- 
fishing has gone from bad to worse, until, as Mr. H. S. 
Harland, who has watched it for many years, writes me 
quite recently, it is now only oor and very uncertain. 
The following epitome of the months, for which I am 
indebted to the same correspondent, will be of use :— 
January to March: Chiefly deep-water fishing, five or: 
six miles from land. , 
April: Fish draw closer inshore, but not in numbers. 
May : A few pout and flat fish are taken. : 
