Sea fishing
By: by John Bickerdyke ; with contributions on 'Antipodean foreign fish' by W. Senior ; 'Tarpon' by A.C. Harmsworth ; 'Whaling' by Sir H.W. Gore-Booth ; illustrated by C. Napier Henry, R.T. Pritchett, W.W. May and others
Contributors: Senior, William, 1838-1920; Northcliffe, Alfred Harmsworth, Viscount, 1865-1922; Gore-Booth, H. W., Sir
Series: The Badminton library of sports and pastimes; Badminton library of sports and pastimes
Publisher: Longmans, Green, and Co.
Published: 1895
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 513
Subjects: Saltwater fishing; Pêche en mer (Sport)
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: I. Introductory; title: charts, tides, etc.; title: II. Round the British and Irish coasts; title: III. Whippings, servings, knots, hooks, and sundry wrinkles; title: IV. Baits; title: V. Fly fishing in the sea; title: VI. From land and pier; title: VII. Sea fishing from small boats; title: VIII. Sea fishing from yachts and large fishing boats; title: IX. The ocean fishing rod; title: X. Low-water shell fish and conger hunting, prawning, and shrimping; title: XI. Surface-feeding sea fish; title: XII. Flat-sided and flat-backed fishes; title: XIII. Cod, haddocks, whiting, bream, conger, sharks, etc.; title: XIV. The sea fisher in foreign parts / by William Senior ('Red Spinner'); title: XV. Tarpon fishing in the Gulf of Mexico / by Alfred C. Harmsworth; title: XVI. Whaling / by Sir H.W. Gore-Booth, Bart; title: Index.