Florida Fish and Fishing 



eral places on Indian River furnish excel- 

 lent fishing, as Sebastian River, Indian 

 River Inlet, Gilbert's Bar, and the waters 

 around Jupiter Light. Farther south, on 

 Lake Worth, Hillsboro' and New River 

 inlets, the fishing is still better, and the 

 fishes larger. 



St. Andrew's Bay and neighborhood at Angling on the 

 the northern end of the peninsula will not 

 disappoint the angler. Farther south, in 

 the vicinity of Cedar Key, and at the sev- 

 eral rivers below — Withlacoochee, Crystal, 

 Homosassa, Anclote, etc., and at the passes 

 on Clearwater Harbor, the smaller species 

 abound, with occasional big ones. Tampa 

 Bay, Sarasota Bay, Lemon Bay, Charlotte 

 Harbor, Marco and other bays, with their 

 numerous Inlets and passes and tributaries 

 are not excelled in the world for the variety 

 and excellence of their game-fishes, large 

 and small. 



Tarpon and jewfish require special rods Tools and 

 and reels. The largest groupers, barracu- 

 das, amber jacks, bonltos, etc., require 

 striped bass rods, reels and lines, while 

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