i6 SEA FISH OF TRINIDAD 



On leaving this bank get out your trolling tackle, for 

 between" Gran' Xante" and L'Islet at the entrance of Huevos 

 Bay you are certain to feel Tarpon if on the feed. There is 

 also a spot in the rocks here, which if you ground bait with 

 small pieces of "zagaya" (small crabs) , and then fish with 

 "ligne voyante", you can catch the good edible fish called 

 "lippe" or "I'epais." 



3. Monos {Monkey) is separated from the mainland of 

 Trinidad (Chaguaramas) by the first, or Monos Boca. This 

 island is possibly the favourite sea-bathing resort for the 

 residents of Port of Spain and country districts, having on it 

 eight residences, to wit, Domus, Balmoral, Morrison (Port 

 Office), Protheroe's, Copper-Hole, Grand Fond, Pampel- 

 lonne's, and Kenny's. There are innumerable banks round 

 the island that used to afford good sport, but I have noticed 

 for the past five years they have deteriorated greatly both in 

 the size and quantity of the fish obtainable ; so I shall confine 

 myself to mentioning the few from which I have obtained 

 fair results within the last three years, starting from Kenny's 

 Bay and going west round by the Second Boca and return- 

 ing by the First. 



'' Kenny s Point,'' the southeastern cape of Monos. 

 The bank is about two hundred yards out and west of the 

 Point, and about fifty yards west of the " basse" or reef that 

 runs out there, at an acute angle with Kenny's house. A 

 mixed bank, vivanot, salmon, walliacke, and small grouper. 

 To be fished from half rising tide to full. 



Bank Green, almost at right angles with Copper Hole 

 Point. The best mark, is to open the bathing houses of 

 Protheroe's and Kenny's. A very deep falling tide bank. 

 There are big fish here, but plenty of bait and patience are 

 required, as the bottom is full of small fry who are at the 

 hooks immediately they arrive. 



There are three banks, Jimmy, Coco, and Pointe Courante, 

 before you reach the point of that name, the southwestern 

 corner of Monos, and the turning point into the Second Boca, 

 but they are of little use, and you will have a far better 

 chance of sport trolling from Domus corner round Pointe 

 Courante and down the Second Boca as far as Pointe a Dia- 



