The Sea-Fisherman (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: boat-fishing. At times many Pollack and Coal-fish are caught from the Brig, which is a reef of rocks running out into the sea a considerable distance, and forming as it -were a kind of natural jetty or pier, with deep water alongside. The fish often run very large, and extra strong tackle is necessary, with 50 or 60 yards of running line. All the rocky ground about the Brig affords good Pollack fishing from a boat by the various methods described in this work, with either natural or artificial baits. The method of fishing with the living Sand-Eel, if procurable, would afford sport unattainable by other baits. THE WHITING. (Merlangus vulgaris.) There are several fish known under the generic term of 'Whiting, and as they are frequently confounded with each other, it has been deemed advisable to mention the different varieties, as well as their provincial names, in order to prevent mistakes. First, in order and quality, is the common Whiting (Merlangus vulgaris), called also the Silver Whiting. Second,the Whiting-Pollack (Merlangus pollachius) or Whiting-Coal, by which name it is known in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, andc., and is, as it name implies, of a darker hue. Third, the Coal-fish or Sillock (Merlangus carbonarius). This is the Race or Rauning Pollack, and is of a much darker green on the back, and of a rounder form of body generally than the preceding classes. It is more abundant on the northern than on our southern shores, although found everywhere. It is numerous and large in Norway and North America. An old Cornish word for ravening or ravenous. The common or Silver Whiting (Merlangus vulgans) abounds upon our coasts, where the bottom is sufficiently soft or oozy for the abode of the worms on which it is supposed to feed, and sometimes grows t...