THE ENGLISH ANGLER IN FLORIDA 



should say that in some parts of the world it is indifferently 



applied to every variety as to which nothing definite is known. 



The Jew -fish of which I saw and photographed 

 Jew-Fish. 



such a magnificent specimen is, as I have 



intimated, one of the groupers which occur on the reefs in 



Florida and West Indian waters. The specimens of a few 



pounds which we obtained in small fishing, seemed to me to 



be the black grouper before mentioned as Epinephelus nigritus. 



The black bass {Micropterus salmoides) is too well known to 



need any description here, and I only mention it in passing to 



explain that it occurs in the inland waters and up 

 Black Bass. 



the rivers of Florida, and will afford the usual 



sport to those who lay themselves out to angle for them. I 

 caught quantities on several occasions with an artificial minnow 

 whose triangles were loose. Somehow I repeatedly missed the 

 fish which struck, but found that I caught every one after 

 trying the experiment of tying the triangles close to the body 

 of the bait. 



The larger species of sea fish frequently caught in small 

 Channel fishing is the channel bass or red drum {Scicenn 



Bass. ocellatd), which is a much appreciated member of 

 the Scianidae, and claims much respect as being a strong, 



