8 TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
At Colwyn Bay one man sets long lines for Cod during the 
winter months, going out as far as the Constable Bank 
(nearly 5 miles) at times, and with fair success. Stake 
nets are also set all along this part of the coast for Herrings 
in October, November and December, and considerable 
numbers are taken. In the ‘weir’ too at Rhos above 
mentioned, besides Salmon, large quantities of Herrings 
are taken. In July, 1891, 9000 were said to have been 
taken in one tide. Many other kinds of fish are also taken 
there, such as Mackarel, Anchovies, Gar-fish (Belone vul- 
garis), and Bass (Labrax lupus). These last, though 
constantly present in the weir during high water, yet are 
comparatively seldom taken in it, having the sense to swim 
out before the water has fallen too low. They are however 
often taken within the enclosure at high water with rod 
and line, that being indeed the favourite place for fishing 
for them. Whitebait, 1.e., young herrings, are also present 
in enormous quantities during the summer. Many other 
kinds of fish are taken occasionally in the weir, but the 
above are the most abundant. 
At Conway, in spite of an excellent harbour, there has 
not been a sea-going fishing boat owned by native fisher- 
men since 1855. The so-called fishermen confine them- 
selves to netting for Grey Mullet, and fishing in the 
river with hand lines for Codling and Bass, but their 
principal livelihood is derived from raking up mussels in 
the channel below the town and hiring their boats to 
visitors for fishing or pleasure parties. Yet a boat comes 
every winter from Lancashire to fish for cod with long 
lines, lying in Conway for that purpose. 
In the Menai Straits again I have heard of no fishing 
except by hand-lines, nor indeed anywhere along the 
coast of Anglesea, though at Bull Bay and Valley, and 
possibly elsewhere, there are considerable Lobster fisher- 
