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is at times good, though uncertain, the bottom consisting 
of coarse gravel and shell. It runs from near the break- 
water seawards for about three-quarters of a mile: Get 
the clump of trees above the ladies’ bathing-place under- 
neath the Hoe in line with the spire of the new church, 
(13) Penlee Point: Good sport is often had off here 
in the summer months with pollack and bass, artificial 
bait often killing well. Fishing is carried on both from 
boats and the rocks. 
(14) The Quinnows: A ledge of rocks round the 
Rame Head, where there are at times large pollack and 
bass. The weed hereabouts is very long, and plays havoc 
with tackle of every description, and the gear must be 
fine and strong. 
(15) There is a good spot for ground-fshing between 
Redding Point and the west end of the breakwater. A 
paternoster baited with mussel and worm, squid, or 
herring is the best method of fishing here, and skate are 
rather common. 
(16) For conger fishing at night, one of the best 
grounds lies about a mile south-west of the Rame Head. 
(17) For whiting, the following are three of the best 
grounds :—- : 
(a) Get Maker Tower on the heights above Mount 
Edgcumbe just to the left of Penlee Point, and the Moor 
Hills over the point of the rocks at tle mouth of the 
Yealm. 
(2) Get Mount Batten Castle in a line with Penlee 
Point, and the solitary clump of trees on Wembury Hill 
over the summit of the Mewstone. 
(c) Get the eastern battery on Maker Heights in line 
with Penlee Point, and the point of Moor, to the east- 
ward, over the centre of the field above Yealm Gut. 
The Plymouth whiting-ground may be said to be 
reached when you get far enough down the western 
channel to look well up Yealm Gut. 
Another station of which I have received some account 
from Mr. Collingwood Lee is the little hamlet 
‘of Porthleven, between the Lizard and Land’s 
End, where, he says, the pollack run larger than 
at most other Cornish grounds. The weather is, how- 
ever, most uncertain, and the seas run high. Besides a 
quantity of pollack, Mr. Lee got plenty of mackerel and 
Porth- 
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