SEA ANGLING IN SOUTHERN ENGLAND. By Peter Smith.

1981 1st edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, illustrations, maps. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.

"Without question central Southern England, from Dorset in the west to East Sussex is the most active part of the coastline for this great ...activity. Peter Smith has fished virtually every section of the region and his guide provides all the essential information for the old hands and the beginners. The former may well be attracted to stretches they have not yet enjoyed. Area by area Peter Smith describes conditions, what you can expect to catch and how to go about it, deep-sea fishing and inshore in small boats, beach and pier fishing". Chapters include: Sea angling in the South; The fish; Deep-sea fishing; Chartering in Dorset; Chartering in Hampshire - the Needles and the Nab; Chartering in Sussex; Inshore fishing in small boats; Inshore fishing west of Portland; Inshore fishing, Portland to the Solent; Boat fishing in the Solent; Boat fishing south of the Isle of Wight; Boat fishing inside the Nab; Boat fishing, Selsey to Brighton, Boat fishing, Newhaven to Rye; Beach and pier fishing; Chesil Beach and Portland Bill; Beach fishing, Weymouth to the Solent; Beach fishing on the Isle of Wight; Beach fishing round the Solent; Beach fishing, Chichester to Brighton; Beach fishing, Newhaven to Rye.