Sunglow Ocean Fishing Pier 



There are no ocean fishing piers in the 

 Northern Section. The Sunflow Ocean Fishing 

 Pier, however, is located only a few nniles 

 north of the study area. The catches of fish 

 at the pier are compiled weekly and published 

 in "Day by Day." This catch information is 

 valuable as an indicator of the occurrence and 

 abundance of the sport fishes along the beach. 



The catch in numbers and estimated weights 

 by species, by month and season are presented 

 in tables 59 and 60. On an annual basis, blue- 

 fish represent 44 percent of the total numbers 

 and 54 percent of the total weight, and king 

 whiting represent 35 percent of the numbers 

 and 22 percent of the weight. Peak catches of 

 bluefish occurred during March and April, 



and for king whiting the highest catches oc- 

 curred January to March. 



For all species connbined, peak catches were 

 recorded in March and April. 



Timmons Fishing Camp 



A substantial number of fish caught in Ponce 

 de Leon Inlet are landed at Timmons Fishing 

 Camp, Inlet Harbor Fish Camp, Safety Harbor 

 Fish Camp, and several small fish camps 

 where boats may be rented or private boats 

 launched. Several party boats from Inlet Harbor 

 and Safety Harbor fish the inlet only. There 

 are also many places where the inlet may be 

 fished from the bank on the north side. 



"Day by Day," published in Daytona Beach, 

 reports weekly catches in numbers and species 



Table 59, — Sport fishery catch, Sunglov Ocean Fishing Pier, Daytona Beach, Florida; September 1962-August 1963, nmnbers of fish and estimated 



weights in pounds, by species, by month 



[Species and numbers of fish are extracts of records appearing in Day by Day , published by V. R. Hall, Daytona Beach, Florida; 

 veights of "<1 pound" were considered as "1 pound in determination of totals] 



Species 



September 

 1962 



October 

 19Di 



November 

 1962 



December 

 1962 



January 



February 



March 



5,581* 6,659 



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