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St. Alban's-a corruption of St. Aldheim, is good Pollack-fishing. Eels for bait procurable in the brook. Living Shrimps much used as bait. Bass also here.

Weymouth and Portland.-Between Poole and Weymouth, Mackerel, and near the rocky ground Whiting-Pollack, and Pout; and Whiting in the offing. The same in Portland Roads, and the Pout are taken from the breakwater and its immediate vicinity. The wreck of the old Indiaman 'Abergavenny' is also much frequented for ground fish. In Weymouth Harbour, Eels, Sand-Smelts, and Flounders, with Bass occasionally off the jetty end in rough weather. By watching your opportunity, you may frequently procure a Squid or Cuttle-fish when the Mackerel seines are drawn on shore, on any beaches between Portland and the Start Point. Off Chesil beach, which connects Portland with the mainland, Mackerel are sometimes taken in large quantities, particularly in easterly winds, which make smooth water on this part of the coast. Bass may be taken by a ground line thrown off the beach, when there is too much sea to go afloat. In the Fleet or backwater behind, running from Abbotsbury, Eels, Flounders &c. abound, and Bass may be met with at the bridge. At the opening in Portland Breakwater, Pollack, Pout, Bream, Congers, and Sand-Smelts may be caught with rod or line, with or without a boat, and sometimes Bass with spinning bait. Between Portland Castle and Fleete Bridge, large Bass can be taken on the grass banks with a fly, and fine Red Mullet in trammels at the anchorage.

Just outside the light of Weymouth Harbour is a rocky shoal, the Mixon. Pollack are taken here, but there is better fishing along the north shore on the ledges towards St. Alban's Head. Close at the back of Weymouth Jetty or north pier, good Bass fishing has been obtained, and angling for both Bass and Pollack may here be followed.

Bridport.-Mackerel-fishing in the offing, and Bass from the pier-heads, either with a ground-line or the rod; Eels and Flounders, also Whiting-Pollack on rocky ground off this harbour, from which one spot receives the name of Pollack stone. Whiting-Pout, called provincially Blains, and Dabs on

sandy ground. A few miles in the offing Whiting both numerous and large in autumn and early winter, with some Cod &c. ; in fact an increasing improvement going westwards from the Bill of Portland. There is a little Trout-fishing in the River Bride, which river is used to scour the harbour, and small freshwater Eels for Pollack-fishing may be here obtained.

Lyme. Sea-fishing as off Bridport. Good Pollack-fishing Lyme.-Sea-fishing along shore between Lyme and Seaton.

Seaton.-General sea-fishing good. At Axmouth Harbour, at the east end of Seaton Beach, ground-fishing for Bass and rod-fishing from the ruined pier and quay. Trout-fishing in this river, which has still Salmon, Salmon-peel, and Sea-trout. Squid for Bass to be procured from the Mackerel fishermen or Beer trawlers. In the harbour soft Crabs are sometimes obtainable.

Beer. A fishing village. variety of fishing in the offing.

Pollack off Beer Head and

Sidmouth.-Sea-fishing as before mentioned, but a very wild shore, and shallow at low water, which, when the wind blows from seaward, causes a dangerous surf. The little river Side has Trout, Eels, and Lampreys.

Budleigh Salterton.-Large quantities of Mackerel are sometimes taken in the bay between Sidmouth and Budleigh Salterton in the summer and Whiting in winter. Here I once took in half a day 412 Mackerel with hook and line, and near a thousand each were taken by boats fishing the whole day. Whiting have also been taken more than two feet in length and in large quantities, but of late years the fishing has a great deal deteriorated. Dabs are found on sandy ground in this neighbourhood, and at Budleigh Salterton on the rocky ground opposite the mouth of the Otter River, Whiting-Pollack; and shoals of Bass are seen sporting, but cannot often be taken with the fly here, as in boisterous weather, most favourable for the fish to feed, the sea runs very high on this open coast: at such times, however, I have had good sport with the ground lines, throwing them off the beach in the river's mouth, and sometimes just westward of it; the fish varying from six to twelve pounds' weight each. Rag-worms for Pollack procurable

in the mud of the Otter estuary, and Mussels for ground fishing are brought from Lympstone. Fisherman, John Middleton.

Whiting-Pout-here called Blains or Blinns-are frequently abundant on the rocky ground in front of Budleigh Salterton, a few minutes' row from the shore, also east and west of it; and Dabs are caught on sandy ground along this part of the coast.

The Trout-fishing in the river is strictly preserved until five miles above the tide, after which permission may be obtained. Eels, Mullet, and Flounders are found in the river, and in the ponds inside the embankment.

Exmouth.-Off Straight Point, between Salterton and Exmouth, large Whiting-Pollack are taken with a dead Sand or Freshwater Eel, or with flies &c. Good sport has been had here with the living Sand-Eel (à la mode de Guernesey), which may sometimes be obtained at Exmouth: there being two Sand-Eel seines, but not regularly worked.

Whiting-Pout frequent this locality also, and Dabs the sandy ground to the westward and eastward. Flounders are taken in great numbers in Exmouth harbour with the soft Crab, and Bass are frequently plentiful. During the summer the Mackerelfishing is much followed with hook and line off Exmouth, and with seines on the whole extent of the coast-line, from Portland to the Start Point, in suitable situations. The best Mussels on this coast are procured in Exmouth and Teignmouth harbours, and every yachtsman should secure a peck or two at least, as they are such excellent bait for all kinds of ground fish. Beds are laid down at Lympstone, but boats are often dredging near the coast-guard station at Exmouth. Good whiffing under sail for Bass. I have taken numbers of Bass from a boat moored to the jetty using drift lines with living Sand-Eel, and occasionally both Pollack and Bass from the jetty with a rod. Fisherman, H. Parker.

Dawlish.-Dawlish is the next watering-place, off which is good fishing for Dabs, Mackerel, and Pollack &c., and with westerly winds and moderate weather, good sport is frequently obtained. There is no harbour here, but the railway breakwaters afford some shelter from the swell, and its position towards the west land favours it.

White sand-worms for Pollack-fishing are obtained from the beach and from Exmouth harbour, and small Mussels for Dab and Pout-fishing on Dawlish rocks. A Sand-Eel seine is kept here. The brook, in common with others on the coast, contains Trout up the valley, and small Eels for Pollack. Leger-fishing for Bass may be practised off the breakwater pier, at the mouth of the brook, with Squid or Cuttle bait from the Mackerel nets.

Teignmouth.-Teignmouth is a bar-harbour, in common with many others, the resort of numerous Bass, which formerly afforded excellent sport by fly-fishing for them. Of late years, however, they have not shown themselves so much on the surface, and this method of taking them has been almost given up, and has been replaced by drift line-fishing with the living Sand-Eel, fully described, and illustrated in this work. Fisherman, John Cox. At the Ness at anchor fish at spring tides, from two hours before until high water, outside east or west of Teignmouth, on falling tide. Straight Point, near Exmouth, six miles off Teignmouth, may be visited in a large boat, towing a basket of living Sand-Eels, with much success, for fine Pollack, with a northerly wind. Dawlish Pollack ground is only two miles from Teignmouth. Pollack begin to be met with 150 yards from shore abreast East Teignmouth Church.

A special article on 'Drift-Line Fishing for Bass in BarHarbours' has been added to this work, page 145, which see. Pollack of moderate size are caught at the Ness, and larger fish are met with nearer Hole Head, and towards Dawlish, and in the deeper water at Maidencombe close under the cliffs, two miles to the south-west, towards Babbacombe.

Mackerel, Pollack, and Dab-fishing can be followed at various spots in this neighbourhood; but the Silver Whiting proper are not to be obtained without going a great distance seaward, with the exception of small fish to be taken a mile Late in autumn, during the Herring season, good sized Whiting may, however, be caught, especially during light evenings when drifting with Herring nets.

outside the Ness.

Mussels can be dredged in the harbour.

Nets are kept here for taking Sand-Eels, and much sport is now had in using them alive for Pollack or Bass, which method

seems comparatively little known in England-although the chief one adopted in the Channel Islands, where it can be seen in perfection, particularly in Guernsey-all the spring and until the end of June, after which the Pollack are less plentiful. Sand-Eels are commonly taken just outside the harbour's mouth, at the back of a sandy shoal, and just before low water several boats may generally be seen proceeding to the spot; also just before high water at Ferry Point. I have procured them from the fishermen, providing a Sand-Eel basket to tow them in after the boat. They will not remain sufficiently lively if placed in a bucket. See article, 'Courge,' page 66, under 'Whiting-Pollack,' where full directions as to lines and their use are set forth. Fish on the flood, abreast the Ferry Point. Sand-Smelts, Flounders, and Eels can be taken from the quay, and from a boat. Fly-fishing for Trout, Salmon, and SeaTrout commences about eight miles above Teignmouth.

Babbacombe.-West of Teignmouth, off Babbacombe is the same kind of sea-fishing, and round the Orestone or Big Rock, and between the other insulated rocks at the entrance of Torbay, large Whiting-Pollack are found. The living SandEel method has been tried here, as it is scarce an hour's run from Teignmouth with a fair wind. At Hope's Nose there is angling from the shore. Sport excellent at times, but best from a boat. Fisherman, Thomas, Anstey's Cove.

Torquay. In Torbay, off Torquay, Paignton, and Brixham, the usual sea-fishing for Mackerel, Pollack, Dabs, &c. is attainable, and as the bay is sheltered by its western horn of Berry Head, the water is on the average smoother here than further east, and the three above-mentioned harbours render landing and embarking easy. Off Corban, Livermead, and Paignton Heads are often many Pollack, until middle of July, by whiffing, fish on falling water. The land here trending fast. seawards, the Whiting ground is more accessible, and may be reached in from five or six to ten miles' distance, according to the time of the year, for, towards autumn, fish approach the shore more closely than in the early part of the season. The early part of summer has here been barren of Whiting for some years. Whiting are sometimes taken in abundance in

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