BIOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY 263 



sailfish, blue marlin (?), and wahoo (rare). There is inside and inshore 

 angling for channel bass, striped bass, sea trout, croaker, sea mullet, tarpon 

 (rarely hooked), and wahoo (very rare). 



JULY. Present: amber jack, barracuda, channel bass, sea bass, striped 

 bass, bluefish, bonito, cabio, cero (a few), croaker, dolphin, flounder, blue 

 marlin (very rare), white marlin (reported as present), common mullet 

 sea mullet, pigfish, sailfish, sea trout, wahoo (rare). 



Shrimpers are in use; oyster boats are available. There is commercial 

 netting for channel bass, bluefish, sea mullet, pigfish, sea trout, croaker, 

 and beach seines and runaround gill nets for the common mullet. 



There should be outside and offshore angling for amberjack, barracuda, 

 sea bass, larger bluefish, bonito, cabio, dolphin, sailfish, w^ahoo, and perhaps 

 blue marlin. Inside and inshore there is angling for the smaller bluefish, 

 sea mullet, and occasionally, a wahoo. 



AUGUST. Present: amberjack, barracuda, channel bass, sea bass, striped 

 bass, bluefish, bonito, cabio, cero (?), croaker (not plentiful), dolphin, 

 flounder, common mullet, sea mullet, pompano, sailfish, sea trout, wahoo 

 (very rare); blue marlin is questionably present; white marlin is reported 

 to be present. 



Shrimpers are in use; oyster boats are available. Most of the commercial 

 gear used at this season requires only the services of small boats which at 

 this season of outside and offshore angling are in less demand than in some 

 other months. This is one of the best months for offshore angling in the 

 northern section and one that could use a larger supply of offshore boats 

 down the whole coast. 



There is outside and offshore angling for amberjack, barracuda, sea bass, 

 the larger bluefish, bonito, cero, cabio, dolphin, sea mullet, sailfish and wahoo 

 (rare), and anglers are trying for blue marlin. Inshore angling is for channel 

 bass, sea trout, smaller bluefish, pompano, and an occasional wahoo. 



SEPTEMBER. Present: amberjack, barracuda, channel bass, sea bass, striped 

 bass, bluefish, bonito, cabio, cero, croaker, dolphin, flounder, blue marlin 

 (questionably present), Spanish mackerel, white marlin (reported), common 

 mullet, sea mullet, permit (occasionally), pompano, sailfish, sheepshead, 

 tarpon, wahoo (rare). 



The shrimp boats are in use. There are small net and line fisheries for 

 channel bass, striped bass, bluefish, sheepshead, flounders, pompano, sea 

 trout, and common mullet. 



Outside angling is for amberjack, barracuda, sea bass, channel bass, larger 

 bluefish, bonito, an occasional wahoo, a few cero, cabio, dolphin, sea trout, 

 sailfish. White marlin angling is reported, and there are the inevitable tries 

 for blue marlin. 



