226 COARSE FISH. 



No. 5. No rod and line shall be used except when 

 Thames fists'! '^'^^^ either a natural or artificial bait in 

 Fishery a proper manner, and no person shall fish with 



Bye- more than two rods and lines at the same time. 

 Laws, No. 6. No person shall allow any rod and 



^^33 jine, or line to which any bait or hook, natural 

 or artificial, is attached, to be drawn or trailed from 

 any vessel on the River Thames. 



No. 7. No person shall fish for pike with any device 

 or tackle that does not admit of the pike taken therewith 

 being returned to the water without any serious injury. 



(Gorge-fishing is thus prohibited.) 



Anglers should also note : 



Minnow nets of greater diameter than three 

 feet in any part of the net are prohibited. 



No landing-net shall be used with a greater diameter 

 than two feet, and a greater length than three feet from 

 the ring and the end of the net, nor with a mesh of less 

 than one inch from knot to knot, such measurements 

 to be made when the net is wet. 



No casting or bait-net must exceed twenty feet in cir- 

 cumference, nor have a mesh of less than one-half inch 

 from knot to knot. 



Anglers may only use a minnow-net, a landing-net, 

 and a hand or well-net. 



Minnow-nets may only be used for the purpose of 

 providing minnows for bait, to be used for angling in the 

 River Thames. 



A casting or bait-net may only be used by assistant 

 river-keepers in obtaining bait, to be used by persons for 

 angling in the River Thames. 



Specially note the words marked in italics ; it is 

 illegal to take baits from the Thames for use in other 

 waters. 



Bye-law No. 10, which refers to this, is continually 

 evaded ; and it is a scandalous shame that good stock- 

 fish should be taken in thousands from the Thames for 

 angling in other waters. 



No. II prohibits night-hooks, night-lines, and fixed 

 hooks or lines above London Bridge ; so any one who 

 wishes to set night-lines must betake himself to Barking 

 Creek or similar savoury neighbourhood. 



Snatching, foul-hooking, or snaring fish is prohibited. 



