THE GAME FISHES OF THE WOELD 



brill, conger eel, trout, launce, poUaok, coal-fish, lythe, hake, whiting, 

 chad and breams in general, wrasses in general, bass, surmullet, mullet, 

 atherine, scad, dory, tub, piper, red gurnard, sharp-nosed ray, skate, 

 homelyn ray, sprat, herring, pilchard, twaite, shad, anchovy, and all shell- 

 fish. 



October. — Plaice, sole, fiounder, dab, halibut, turbot, briU, mary-sole, 

 mackerel, dory, surmuUet, conger, wrasses generally, tub, piper, red 

 gurnard, whiting, poUack, cod, haddock, coal-fish, hake, homelyn ray, 

 launce, pilchard, sprat, herring, twaite, shad, anchovy, mullet, atherine 

 (smelt), and aU sheU-fish. 



November. — Anchovy, twaite, shad, herring, sprat, pilchard, wrasses 

 generally, tub, piper, red gurnard, sole, fiounder, dab, plaice, mary-sole, 

 halibut, turbot, briU, dory, surmuUet, coal-fish, hake, whiting, cod, had- 

 dock, pouting, Mng, atherine (smelt), skate, homelyn ray, sharp-nosed ray, 

 and all sheU-fish. 



December. — Coal-fish, hake, Ung, cod, haddock, pouting, whitiag, tub, 

 piper, red gurnard, eel, sprat, pilchard, anchovy, dory, mackerel, atherine 

 (smelt), skate, homelyn ray, sharp-nosed ray, and aU sheU-fish. 



As in other localities, the best montlis for the sea angler are 

 July, August, September and October. In July, pollack (which 

 I have taken with a fly) and bass. In August, pout, gray mullet 

 and bass. In September, bass, conger, chad and gurnard. 

 In October, cod, codling and silver whiting. Mr. F. G. Aflalo 

 gives every detail of sea angling in his excellent work. Sea 

 Fishing on the English Coast, and I note he says, for rocky 

 coasts use 'whiffling tackle,' paternoster, chopstick, sid-strap. 

 When on sandy coasts, the tackle recommended is drift line, 

 leger, trot, long line, throw-out-line, which again suggests to 

 me the charm and mysteries of English tackle. To illustrate 

 the difference, in several years' residence in Florida on the reef, 

 a wonderful fishing ground, I used but three kinds of ' rigs.' 

 One for bottom fishing, had a sinker on the end, and a foot above 

 it, one or two hooks, a foot- apart. The philosophy of this was 

 that the sinker lodged in the coral and held the line, and the bait 

 swung clear where the fishes could see it. My other line was 

 a cast-line, with a long light copper wire leader, a rod and reel 

 to the line of which a sinker could be attached, if necessary, for 

 trolling or dragging behind a boat. 

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