Conclusion 395 



" Sanibel Island, at the entrance of Caloosa 

 Bay and opposite Punta Rassa, is renowned for 

 its fine fishing. The angler can here fairly revel 

 in piscatorial abandon and cover himself with 

 piscine glory and fish scales. If ichthyc variety 

 is the spice of the anglers life, Sanibel and its 

 sister keys are the Spice Islands. Sharks, rays, 

 and devil-fish, tarpon and jewfish, redfish, snap- 

 pers and groupers, Spanish mackerel and king- 

 fish, sea-trout, bonito and cavallies, ladyfish and 

 sergeant- fish, sheepshead and drum, a host of 

 smaller fry — spots, grunts, and porgies, and the 

 ever-present and ubiquitous catfish — can here be 

 jerked, and yanked and snaked, and pulled and 

 hauled, until the unfortunate angler will lament 

 that he was ever born — under the last but not 

 least of the zodiacal signs." 



The foregoing excerpts relate to fishing on the 

 Gulf coast, but on the east coast, while the vari- 

 ety of fishes is not so great, the angler will find 

 enough and to spare, and many that are worthy 

 of his best efforts. Large-mouth black-bass are 

 plentiful in Tomoka River, near Ormond on the 

 Halifax, and in Elbow Creek, Turkey Creek, 

 Sebastian River, Taylor's Creek, and the St. Lucie 



