Angling in salt water; a practical work on fishing with rod and line in the sea, from the shore, piers, jetties, rocks, and from boats, together with some account of hand-lining - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 Excerpt: ... the fish are to be found. When a big pollack takes the fly, he comes up with a splash, such as a dog would make leaping into the water, and immediately he feels the hook goes straight for the bottom--don't let him get there! Sometimes lazj anglers let out thirty yards or so of line, and trail their flies behind the boat. Pollack and coalfish are often caught this way, as also are bass, mackerel, and, very occasionally, herrings. Spinning, trailing, whiffing, and railing are carried on for pollack and coalfish in much the same manner as described in the chapter on bass. There is, however, one great difference. During the day pollack feed near the bottom, and therefore the line must be heavily leaded. If the fish are not being caught (I am supposing that the tide is rightflowing--and that the angler is on a well-known pollacl ground), the fault will probably lie in insufficient leads. Bt the method I have explained on page 31, leads can be added to the trace ad infinitum. It is a good thing to keep on adding weight until it is found that the hooks catch occasion-, ally in the bottom. All that is then necessary is to shorteJ.he line a little, which has the effect of raising the bait a!oot or two. This refers to trailing from a boat. If the mgler is spinning from rocks, as he very well can, casting ut after the manner described in Chapter V., he can fish near.he bottom by allowing his bait, when cast out, to sink beiore commencing to draw it back. Casting from the shore is is useful in pollack as in bass fishing, and is not half so veil known as it ought to be. The best natural bait for spinning is the sand-eel; next, rat not far distant, is a young conger about 6in. or 7in. ong. It is a most killing bait, and the great success of the red indiarubber sand-eel,...
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