UNITED STATES AND CANADA 51 



Enterprise (str. on St. Johns r. from Jacksonville.) St. Johns r. and ' 

 Monroe; both good; b. b. and a few pickerel; baits, live minnows, phaut< ;;i min- 

 nows and spoons; March and April best; hotel $4 p. d.: guides with boat .:-!.. ~iu p. 

 cl.; bait 5oc. p. do/,. This is reported to be one of the best black bass fishing 

 places in the state. 



Gainesville (F. R. & Nav.) Payne's Prairie 2 m.; Newman's 1. 6 m.: b. b., 

 brtsam, speckled perch (strawberry bass) and pickerel; bream and bass most numer- 

 ous; live bait, minnows, worms, etc.; guide $2. 50 p. d. including boats and baits. 



Green Cove Spring's (J. T. & K. W.) St Johns r. at station; Black cr. 4m.; 

 Six Mile cr. 6 m . ; Trout cr. 6m.; Governor's cr. l^m.; Six Mile and Black cr's 

 best; b. b. (1. m.), bream, channel bass, etc.; b. b. and bream most numerous; art. 

 Hies and spoons used; November, December, March, April and June best mouths; 

 hotels $2 to $4 p. d.; guides $3 p. d.; boats $1 to $1.50 p. d. 



Gulf of Mexico From New Orleans, La., to Key West, Fla,, good fishing can be 

 had almost anywhere, more particularly along the coast of Florida. Charter a boat 

 at N. O., Pensacola, Cedar Keys, Tampa, Manatee or Key West; cost about i?(> P- d. 

 with Captain; stores and cook at your own expense. This is the most economical 

 method of doing Florida, when the tourist is an angling one. The skipper can 

 place you on grand fishing grounds at intervals of a few miles. See AMERICAN 

 ANGLER, vol. IV, page 391. 



Indian River (via St. Johns r. str. to Rock Ledge, thence by str.) The fishing 

 here is equally good in quality and quantity with that of Ghilf Coast. Every 

 variety of southern fish come into the r. and are caught in immense numbers. In 

 Lake Worth, a few miles further South, excellent fishing can be had. Fair accom- 

 modations along the r., but it is best to charter a sailboat at Sand Pointer Rock 

 Ledge. There is probably a steamboat now running on the r. as one was contemp- 

 lated last year (1884). See THE AMERICAN ANGLER, vol. IV, page 391. 



Jacksonville (S. Fla, & W T .) The favorite grounds are : the mouth of St. Johns 

 r., the Jetties and Pablo, Sisters and Haulover cr. and Fort George inlet, the three 

 latter 2 to 3 m. from May port, at the mouth of the St. Johns r. The best point is 

 'at the Jetties; sea trout, sheepshead, channel bass, drum, blackfish, striped bass, 

 (rockfish)crevalli, kingfish (whiting) and other varieties. The channel bass, sen 

 bass and sheepshead are most plentiful, and shrimp, fiddlers and minnows are 

 used as bait. Fishing is good all the year round. Hotels $2 p. d.; guides including 

 boats and baits at $2 to $2.50 p. d. The large channel bass (10 to 60 Ibs.) commence 

 biting in May, and continue to November. See THE AMERICAN ANGLER, vol. VII, 

 page 90. 



Key West (S. Fla. to Tampa, thence by str.) Waters all around this and neighbor- 

 ing islands, abound in fish of all kinds; red and gray snappers, groupers, sheepshead, 

 bluefish, Spanish mackerel and others; baits, crayfish, sardines, etc.; good all the 

 year in these waters; hotel $3 p. d., less by week; boats easily procured. 



Kissimee (S. Fla.) Tohopekaliga 1. is adjacent, in which b. b. (1. m.) are 

 abundant, and of large size. They take the fly freely. Trolling with the art. spoon 

 in the canal and in the r. below the 1. is excellent, b. b. of 16 Ibs., having been 

 taken by this method. Other 1's within easy reaching distance, afford most excel- 

 lent fishing. 



Lake Weir (F. R. <fe Nav.) Summers 1. % m.; Lake Weir 3 m.; last named best: 

 b. b. and bream; b. b. most numerous; minnows, worms and flies, baits used; 

 good any months but July and August; hotels $2 to $3 p. d.; boats and baits cheap. 



ZZiloyds (F. R. & Nav.) Miccosukee 1. 5 m.; Baileys cr. % m.; Miccosukee 1. best 

 bream, b. b. etc; bream most numerous; worms as bait; good all summer; hotel 

 $2 p. d.; boats '25c. p. d. 



Lochloosa (F. R. & Nav.) Lochloosal. at station; bream, troiit, (b. b.) speckled 

 perch, (strawberry bass) etc.; speckled perch and bream most numerous; cut bait 

 and worms used mostly; Orange 1, 7 m. distant gives good quail and duck shooting 

 as well as fishing in season. 



Mt. Pleasant (F. R, & Nav.) Flint r. 12 m.; bream, b. b., speckled perch 

 (strawberry bass) and others; bream, perch and b. b. most numerous; earth worms 

 and Catawba worms (?) used for bait; July, August and September best; boats can 

 be had at little or no cost. Private board, no regular guides. 



New Smyrna (J. St. A. & H. R.) Hillsborough r. and Halifax r. both accessible; 

 first named best: channel bass, sea trout, snapper, grouper sheepshead etc.; sheeps- 

 head most numerous; baits iised are crabs, small mullet etc.. usual seasons; hotel 



