236 SEA-FISH. 
from a yacht anchored close to the moorings of the 
German Lloyd steamers, the whiting in October running 
much larger than those which J had taken on the more 
open grounds out in the Solent. The local baits are soft 
crab and mudworms, and these are indeed the character- 
istics of most harbour and estuary towns. 
Mr. Macpherson’s list is as follows :—- 
Marchwood : for bass trolling. 
Coal-hulk off pier : paternostering for bass. 
Gymp: smaller bass and ground fish. 
Pier: mostly eels ; some mullet and bass. 
Town Quay: small mullet and bass. 
Inner Dock, Lock Pit, Deals Jetty, Empress Dock, 
and Dublin Jetty: all mullet. 
Extension Jetty: pout, eels, and flat fish. 
Medea Buoy : whiting and ‘flat fish. 
Bell Buoy (off mouth ofthe Itchen): plenty of small bass. 
A good whiting-ground about 300 yards south of 
Hythe Pier. 
From the Guard-ship, Netley, down to Calshot is fair 
all-round fishing. 
Mr. Larbalestier, who has fished much at Southamp- 
ton, tells me that there is a short spell of bass-railing at 
the end of May, in which the bait is a bunch of ragworms 
on two salmon hooks dressed on double gut. ‘This 
arrangement is trailed in the ordinary way behind small 
boats, the ground being, however, limited to a channel 
of 200 or 300 yards, and the best time being just before 
low water. ‘The water off Cowes is much fished from 
Southampton. I have never caught very much off that 
favourite yachting station, except a fair quantity of whiting 
in the autumn; and, as for “marks,” “John Bicker- 
dyke” writes me that there are practically no hard and 
fast marks, boats being anchored 200 or 300 yards off 
shore, and constantly shifted according to the tide. I 
understand that anglers caught over 2 cwt. of grey mullet 
from the quays and piers during one week this August. 
A good deal of fishing may be had at one season or 
another in Weymouth Bay, and the best catch I ever 
made personally was a bag of over 100 whiting, mostly 
of good size, from the deck of a yacht anchored 
about 300 yards off the picr, and in not more 
than a couple of hours. The most character- 
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