fishing-grounds

The injury to their trade lay rather in the difficulty of getting to their fishing-grounds, and in the disturbance of these by cruisers, with little respect for their nets and lines.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

Their Rector told them that they thought too much of their own flesh-pots and fish-kettles, and their country might go to the bottom of the sea, if it left them their own fishing-grounds.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

The chief time of feeding is by night, and, as the sun declines, they may be seen in flocks flying from their roosting-places to the fishing-grounds.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

The sail flapped happily, and the boat sped on like a live thing towards the fishing-grounds.

The Adventurous Four Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 1952

Inquiries as to the locality of the kipper fishing-grounds should be addressed to our contemporary.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, June 6, 1917 Various

When they heard him speak distinctly in their own language, and when he sang songs sweeter than the music of birds in spring, or the whispers of love from the lips of a beautiful maiden, they thought it a being from the Land of Shades -- a spirit from the happy fishing-grounds beyond the lake of storms.

Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian Anonymous

A young shrimp who had lost his latitude was also found in Bob's pond, and the discovery led the old sailor to speak of these animals that form such a pleasant relish to bread-and-butter; and he told them that one of the best fishing-grounds for them was off the Woolsner Shoal, some four miles further along the beach to the eastwards, while another good place was Selsea Bill, more eastward still.

Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene

"The Grimsby trawler _King George_," it said, "is reported long over-due from the fishing-grounds, and the owners say that there is no hope of her return."

Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 Various

There were no end to its wonders: fishing-grounds, and boats upon the lake; waterfalls, and rustic bridges were there; and one little elegant pavilion, perched on the water, dedicated to the beauties of Windsor, illustrating its scenery in transparent porcelain.

A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France William Duthie

The herring fishery season was now on, and, though we could not distinguish either the fishermen or their boats when we passed near one of their fishing-grounds, we could see the lights they carried dotted all over the sea, and we were apprehensive lest we should collide with some of them, but the course of the _St.

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor