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miles further still. To the north, the Castle foot is all 
good ground, and there are favourite spots at Scalby 
Ness, one mile out of the town; Colam Hole, two and a 
half miles ; Cloughton Wyke, five miles; and Peak, ten 
and a half miles, the last two being reached by the 
Scarborough and Whitby Railway. 
The fishing is rough work, and much tackle is lost, 
but the fish are often of large size. A Scarborough reel 
of seven inches diameter is used, and the hemp line in 
local favour costs no more than 6d. for about seventy 
yards, so that breakages do not entail much expense. 
The best rod is ten feet in length, and must be very 
strong, as it is often necessary to hold the head of a large 
fish up, else it will sulk under the rocks. 
Mr. Wilcocks has written so much of the bass-fishing 
at Shoreham with the drift-line and living sand- 
eel, that it is unnecessary to give the subject: 
more than brief mention in this place. In four 
seasons, Mr. Wilcocks took at this place a total of 150 
bass, which is more than most of us see in ten. His 
best season’s score was 62, and he got the ov/dy bait from 
the Brighton seaners, who were after whitebait in the 
harbour. 
The best grounds outside are the Kingmere Rocks, 
six miles off Littlehampton, ten from Shoreham; and 
the “Billy Boy,” otherwise a wreck of a ship that was 
conveying Portland stone to the harbour for the building 
of Lancing College. One huge stone burst through her, 
so heavily did she ride at her anchors, and she foundered 
immediately with all hands except one boy. It is not 
always easy to pick up, in. consequence of which one of the 
local fishermen generally leaves a buoy and line to 
mark it; the north, or shore, mark being a certain barn 
over another indescribable building; the other mark, 
which is often obscured in certain winds by the Brighton 
smoke, involving the use of a steeple in Brighton and a 
building somewhat nearer. 
This ground is good for pollack; but the former, 
which I have fished from. Littlehampton, is better. 
For the following list of grounds. and spots in repute 
among local anglers at Southampton, I am in- 
debted to Mr. Campbell Macpherson, of that ampton 
town, I have now and again had excellent sport 
Shore. 
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