SEA FISHING IN THE BOCAS ISLANDS 13 
lease or hire, La Tinta, Boissiere’s, Rust’s, and La Haute. 
As regards fishing, I have always found at Chacachacare 
that the “ligne dormante,”’ a process I shall describe later 
on, is the most successful, as the waters there abound with 
the big red snappers, locally called “sorbs’’. There is the 
usual rock and small bank fishing inside the bay, and there 
are six deep sea banks of good repute for bottom fishing out- 
side, viz.: 
Banc-de-Sud. Here there are two banks about a hundred 
yards from the shore of a salt-marsh, situated on the south 
side of the island. The marks of all the banks are well 
known to the local fisherman. 
“La Flow” or The Bell-Buoy, a buoy with a bell on it 
moored near to the Diamond Rock, a dangerous spot for 
sailing vessels, particularly at “remous’” time. Large 
catches of the fine snapper, locally called “vivanot jolle 
blew” are made here at certain seasons. This bank can only 
be fished for about an hour or two at half rising tide, on 
account of the currents. 
Ma Fulie, outside, La Tinta Bay:—dead west, facing 
about the middle of the bay, but just in the Grand Boca. 
A fine bank, and less under the influence of the currents than 
any Boca Bank. 
La Cabouesse, outside in the Caribbean looking west, 
close to a little rocky islet called La Cabouesse, which is just 
separated from Chacachacare by a small channel. Good 
“vivanot”’ bank to be fished on the falling tide. A fisher- 
man trolling through this small channel any day near “re- 
mous’ time in the “tarpon”’ season, is pretty certain to feel 
one or two. 
Landslip Bank, about eighty yards from a large landslip 
on the Chacachacare side of the Third Boca, going south in 
the direction of Point Girod.—To be fished on half rising 
tide. 
2. Huevos or Egg Island, separates the Boca de Navios 
from the Huevos or Second Boca; otherwise, it is the island 
between the Third and Second Bocas, having Chacachacare 
on its west, and Monos on its east. From a fisherman’s 
point of view, Huevos must be looked upon as the most 
