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 htmdred 

 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 

 bleu" 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 Julie, 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 



