The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in the British and Other Seas, and Remarks on Nets, Boats, and BoatingLongmans, Green, and Company, 1884 - 298 pages |
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anchor bait basket Bass beach boat boat's bottom Bream Budleigh Salterton catch caught Channel Islands chopstick coast Conger cork Crabs Crown 8vo Dabs depth drift-line fast fastened fathoms feet in length fish fishermen fishery fishing-boat flat Flounders frequently Freshwater Eels gaff gear ground-fishing Guernsey gunwale Hake half harbour hauled head heavy hemp hole inches in length inches long iron knot large numbers lead living Sand-Eel Mackerel mainsail meshes method mouth Mullet Mussels nets numbers oars piece Pilchard Plymouth Pollack pounds pounds weight procured Rag-Worms Red Mullet rocks rocky ground rope sail Salmon sand Sand-Eel Sea-Bream sea-fishing shoal shore Shrimps side snood sprit spritsail Squid stern stone stout sufficiently surf tackle tail taken thickness tide towed trammel trawl twine twisted vessels weather weight whiffing whilst Whiting Whiting-Pollack wind wire Worms yachts
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