(1) Rental boats . --During our survey, 21 fish 

 camps located in the Northern Section rented 

 fishing boats (table 22 and fig. 12). The 21 

 camps have 281 boats for rent; the 4 major 

 camps average 39 boats and the 17 nninor 

 camps average 8 or 9 boats. Six of these cannps 

 are located on land acquired for Project Nova, 

 and two have already terminated business. 

 Unfortunately for the fishery, two of the six 

 camps being closed are considered among the 

 best and are in good locations. 



Data on the nunnber of boats rented by 

 month during a 2- year period were nnade 

 available by a camp operator who owned one 

 fish camp and leased another; 1962 data are 

 for a newly opened camp. 



The number of boats rented by nnonths by 

 year, compiled by season are: 



The data show a close correlation by season 

 between the two camps in the percentages of 

 the number of boats rented. The winter season 

 had considerably higher numbers of boat 

 rentals than did other seasons. 



Boat fishermen usually rent boats at a camp 

 near the area where fish have been reported 

 to be biting. Many fishermen are fronn Orlando 

 and conne to the coast when radio or television 

 reports good fishing. Usual baits are live 

 shrimp or pigfish or dead cut shrimp. The 

 species most sought are spotted sea trout, red 

 drum, black drum, and sheepshead, taken 

 drifting, trolling, casting with live bait or 

 lures, and bottonn fishing with live or dead 

 bait. In February, the catch on lures approached 

 that using live shrimp. In the winter and spring 

 tVie spotted sea trout and other species usually 

 congregate in deep holes in the river, whereas 

 at other tinnes they move into the shallow, 

 open flats. 



(2) Private boats , --In the Northern Section 

 the places where a private boat can be launched 

 are so nunnerous that it was impossible to 

 sample this fishery adequately. There are 

 launching sites at nnost fishing cannps, on the 

 Titusville Causeway, on Riverside Drive from 

 Dicks Fish Camp to South Causeway Bridge, 

 at Callalisa Creek Bridge, near the Coast 

 Guard Station, at New Smyrna Beach launch 

 site, at Preyers on the North Causeway, and 

 at New Smyrna Beach city docks. 



Private boat fishermen fish the same general 

 areas and seasons as those using rental 

 boats. 



METHODS FOR ESTIMATING SPORT 

 FISHERY CATCH 



Monthly totals of nunnbers of fishermen, 

 hours fished, and catch are estimates calcu- 

 lated from the data secured in the field survey. 

 Seasonal values are summations of monthly 

 values. 



The average weight per fish for each species 

 (table 63) is an average estimated by the several 

 biologists who conducted the field survey. 

 Except for weights for the black drunn and the 

 grouper, whose average weights varied con- 

 siderably between the two sections, the weights 

 in table 63 apply to fish in both sections. Sepa- 

 rate monthly estimates of numbers and weights 

 were determined for sea catfish, gafftopsail 

 catfish, gray sea trout, and silver sea trout. 

 These data were then combined under "cat- 

 fish" and "sea trout, other," respectively. 



The weights in table 58, estimated catch by 

 party and charter boats for year 1962 for en- 

 tire Cape Canaveral Area, are based upon 

 estinnates for individual fish in photographs 

 examined, rather than on average weights 

 given in table 63. 



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