Florida Fish and Fishing 



they left In the shallow water was equal to 

 'that of a large steam tug. For such un- 

 gainly looking creatures — the body nearly 

 as large as that of a horse — they were 

 remarkably active In escaping, but made a 

 fearful fuss In doing so. I had several 

 times seen manatees In the St. Lucie River, 

 a tributary of Indian River, but nowhere 

 else, and was much surprised to find them 

 in Barnes Sound. 



About BIscayne Bay the angler will find Angling Along 

 fishing for large-mouth black bass, bream. Keys 

 etc., on Miami River, and at Arch Creek 

 above, and Snapper Creek below. For salt- 

 water fishing he will have all he can attend 

 to at almost any of the Inlets and passes 

 between the keys from Cape Florida to 

 Bahia Honda. Among the best are Bear 

 Cut, Caesar's Creek, Angelfish Creek, and 

 the channels between Rodriguez, Tavenler, 

 Long, Indian, Mattecumbe, Vaccas and 

 other keys. He will find the various chan- 

 nel fishes, and groupers, snappers, cavalli, 

 kingfish, cero, etc., In addition to ladyfish, 

 ten-pounders and a host of others. If he 

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