SEA FISHING IN THE BOCAS ISLANDS 23 
all the sardine tribe as well, good sized anchois cut up into 
pieces to suit the number of hook used taking the first place. 
I have on an emergency used shark flesh successfully, as 
well as other kinds, but that was only when fish were biting 
ravenously. In the months of October, November and 
December, it is often extremely difficult to procure fresh fish 
bait, especially at Huevos and Chacachacare. In this case 
it is advisable for the fisherman to dig in the sand a few inches 
below the surface for a kind of cockle locally called “ palude.”’ 
They can be found at Grand Fond at Monos, and below the 
church at Chacachacare. When taken out of the shell and 
placed carefully on the hook, they make a most tempting 
bait for fishing with “en ligne voyante,” the only objection 
to them being, that they are easily washed off the hook, as 
the flesh is soft. At this season the native fishermen often 
use “zagaya,’’ a small crab found on the rocks; these are 
broken up, some thrown in the water for ground-bait, and 
other pieces put on the hooks, either sinker-fishing or @ la 
“ligne voyante.” Ihave omitted to mention the shrimp and 
prawn, which are capital bait for all kinds of fish and fishing, 
and I have been very successful with a large prawn put whole 
on the hook for trolling, when mackerel were beating. The 
“cheche”’ or small squid, which is occasionally taken in the 
seine, when hauling for bait, is also very telling, especially 
for sorb and grouper, and if the angler is keen on shark- 
fishing, there is no bait more sure than a piece of ray, wack- 
awa, or devil-fish (they are all of the same family), to entrap 
the tiger of the sea. I shall now proceed to the game-fishes 
of Trinidad, in (what I consider) their order of merit, the 
mode generally pursued by the angler to catch them and 
their principal habitat. 
GAME-FISH 
The Cavalli or Carangue. To this fish I honestly think 
must be given the pride of place, as being the pluckiest and 
most straightforward fighter to be found in these seas. 
There are five well-known varieties here, called locally the 
“carangue camard,’’ “carangue gros-yeux,’”’ “carangue a 
