Excerpt from The Complete Angler: Showing How to Take the Best Kinds of Fish; To Which Is Added a Guide to Bottom Fishing, and a Correct List of Rivers, Cs, and Ponds
The Thames contains all kinds Of fish being under the juris diction Of the Lord Mayor as far as Staines, up to that place no one is allowed to fish (under a penalty of twenty pounds), during the months Of March, April, and May, as most fresh water fish cast their spawn during those months.
From Staines to Battersea, various parts of the river are staked out, and bailiffs appointed to see that the fish are not taken by improper means. The angler may, therefore, be certain of meeting with plenty Of sport in those places.
In the New River, which is free for any person to try his fortune in, from its source near Ware in Hertfordshire, to Isling ton, very many fine fish may be found.
The Lea river, which runs into the Thames at Poplar, abounds with fish. Some parts Of the river are preserved, and for per mission to angle there, you must pay a certain sum annually.
The Roding. Which runs into the Thames at Barking, pro duces an abundance Of eels, chub, perch. 810. There are many deep holes and favorable spots for angling in this river at Abridge, Woodford, Loughton, Ilford, Wanstead, and Barking.
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