

THE SHEEPSHEAD. 



VI 



PASS FISHING 



The expression " Pass Fishing " which you hear so frequently 

 amongst the regular fishing visitors to the west coast of 

 Florida, the guides, and the residents, is both geographical 

 and, in a measure, technical. It at once indicates a special 

 fishing ground and a style of angling which is different 

 altogether from the commoner practice, in pursuit of which 

 the angler sits meekly in his boat, praying humbly and waiting 

 meekly for a bite. 



The place is the Captiva Pass, spoken of sometimes as 

 Captiva, but more often as " The Pass." As a Captiva 

 reference to the map shows, it is off the west coast, "ass. 

 a channel between two islands ; and the tide, in and out of the 



