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the breakers, after spells of unsettled weather, by sea-anglers 

 more plucky than those who kept to the piers, and who had to be 

 content with occasional takes of small Whitings in shallower 

 waters. 



From Mr. T. G. Eobson, piermaster, Olaremont Pier, Lowes- 

 toft, I have received the following information, which, now that 

 sea-angling has become a national pastime, is of some little 

 interest : — " Owing to the prevalence of easterly winds in October 

 and the beginning of November, sport has not been so good as 

 usual, our best week's total being only 8652 fish, as follows : 

 Whitings, 8047 ; Codling, 562 ; Dabs, &c, 43 — this was during 

 the week ending October 30th. During the corresponding week 

 of last year, by rod and line, the number of Waitings taken was 

 16,288 ; Codlings, 149 ; Dabs, &c, 95." 



Mr. Eobson states the largest Codfish taken so far this season 

 was one weighing 29^- lb., caught from a boat; the largest taken 

 from the pier weighing 16 lb. 2 oz. A Dab of 2 lb. 6 oz. was 

 taken from a boat, and a Whiting from the pier 1 lb. 8 oz. One 

 of the Lowestoft boatmen, fishing with a long line, secured in 

 a single haul on November 4th twenty Cods, each over 20 lb., 

 twenty over 15 lb., and twelve about 7 lb. 



Mr. F. C. Cook, of Lowestoft, who is interested in the fishes 

 of his neighbourhood, has provided me with the following items 

 from notes made by him during the past year: — On February 

 22nd he observed the tail of a fish protruding from the mouth of 

 a Thornback Eay, which, on pulling out, he discovered to be a 

 Dab six inches in length. He noted that the Five-bearded 

 Eockling was numerously taken in April by the shrimpers. 



Heaps of Dogfishes (Acanthias vulgaris) were exposed for 

 sale on the Lowestoft Wharf on May 27th, June 16th, and 

 one or two other dates. Evidently there is a sale for them 

 or the fishermen would not bring them in. Mackerel were 

 observed to be much Dog-bitten in June. A Dogfish was noticed 

 in the herring-dock eagerly pursuing " whitebait." 



Flounders numerous in the basins in September ; among a 

 large catch, to one rod, was a 2 lb. example. A 6 ft. Porbeagle 

 Shark on September 20th. A Cod caught on a rod off Lowestoft 

 late in October, weighing 29g- lb. Some good catches of Sprats 

 netted off South Lowestoft, second week in November. 



