Sea Fishing As a Sport Being An Account of the Various Kinds of Sea Fish How
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Plaice are generally found on sand-banks and mud-flats in the sea ; on the coast of England they are taken in great abundance wherever the trawl-net, the tuck-net, or the spiller can be used. The plaice is in the best condition for food at the end of May, and spawns in February and March. They fee:! on worms, Crustacea, and small fish ; they are said to have been caught fifteen pounds in weight, but they are usually of three or four pounds. On some occasions they have been PLAICE. 123 taken in ...vast quantities; at one time such an immense glut occurred in Billingsgate, that, al- though crowded with dealers, hundreds of bushels remained unsold ; fine fish averaging three pounds Avcight each were sold at one penny per dozen. One salesman having in vain tried to sell a hun- dred bushels at the rate of fifty plaice for four- pence, left them with Mr. Golding, the clerk of the market, requesting him to sell them for any- thing he could get; unable to dispose of them otherwise, Mr. Golding, by direction of the Lord Mayor, divided them among the poor.
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