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4 p. d.; guides can be procured; boats with man $2 to $5 p. d.; Pacetti's 3 m. 

 from New Smyrna is an excellent point for fishing etc. accommodations can be had 

 there on moderate terms. Address P. C. Pacetti, New Smyrna, Fla. See THE 

 AMERICAN ANGLER vol. IV. p. 391. 



Ocala(F. R. & Nav.) Lochloosa 18 m.; Orange 1. 16 m.; Silver Spring Cm.: 

 first named best; trout, (b. b., ) and bream; baits used are small fish, worms and 

 flies; hotels $2.50 to $3 p. d.; boats can be had. 



Orange City (St. Johns r. steamer from Jacksonville) St. Johns r. and many 

 lakes on line of r. r., all full of fish; b. b. principally with fly; February and 

 March best; hotels $1.50 to $2 p. d.; boats at nominal charge. 



Oxford (F. R. & Nav.) Lake Michigan Jr. 1 m.; b. b. and bream; first named 

 most abundant; metal spoons and live bait used; February, March, Sept. and 

 Oct. best months; hotel $2 p. d.; boats can be had gratis or at merely nominal 

 charge. Excallent fishing and duck shooting in season. 



Pensacola (L. & N.) Little bayou 1 m.; Grand bayou 4 m.; Grand lagoon 8 m.; 

 Escambia r. 9 ni.; Snapper banks in the Gulf of Mexico 12 m.; numerous other 

 bayous where fresh water fish abound; all excellent; snapper, grouper, sheepshead, 

 "trout," (b. b.,) sea trout, pompano, mullett, redfish and many others; baits gener- 

 ally used are small fish, fiddlers, oysters etc.; spring months best; hotels $2 to $4 

 p. d.; guides plentiful at moderate charges; boats and bait reasonable, Good fish- 

 ing. Flood tide best. Hunting and shooting good. 



Finellas (S. Fla. to Tampa thence by team) Tampa Bay at a point 22 m. from 

 Tampa and Boca Ciega Bay 27 m. from Tampa; these waters abound with sea trout, 

 redfish; (channel bass, ) jack and many other varieties; baits sardines, crabs, fish, 

 flesh etc.; spring best time; hotels $5 to $6 p. w.; guides $1 to $2 p. d., and with 

 boats $2 to $3.50 p. d. 



Punta Rassa (Via str. from Tampa.) This is doubtless one of the best fishing 

 grounds on the Gulf coast of Florida. Large channel bass and every other variety 

 of southern salt water fish, inchiding the tarpum; the latter fish has recently been 

 caught on rod and reel, by Mr. W. H. Wood, of New York City, who used an ordinary 

 striped bass rod, 1,200 feet of 21 thread Cutty hunk line and mullet bait. Mr. 

 Wood's heaviest fish weighed 111 pounds. A favorite ground near by is Little Gas- 

 parilla Pass, but at all the passes excellent fishing may be had. Accommodation 

 can be secured at the residence of the telegraph operator or at Jacob Summerlin's 

 house. The sheepshead are abundant, and immense jewfish and sharks are to be 

 had for the trying. Large art. spoons secure the largest channel bass by trolling. 

 Nee THE AMERICAN ANGLER, vol. IV. p. 391. 



Silver Spring" (F. R. & Nav.) Silver Spring near station; Indian 1. 3^ m.; Ock- 

 lowahar. 5m.; Silver Spring best; b. b., pickerel, bream, etc.; bream and b. b' 

 most numerous; baits used are silver fish and worms; February, March, April and 

 May best; hotel $2.50 p. d. ; guides $1 to $1.50 p. d.; boats 50c to $1 p. d. 



South Lake Weir (S. Fla.) Fine b. b. (large mouthed) fishings; good hunting 

 and fowling; charges same as at other resorts in Florida. 



Starke (F. R. & Nav.) Kingsly 1.6m.; Crosby 1. 2^ m.; first named best; 

 black bass numerous; small fish and other usual baits used; hotels $2 p. d. 



St. Augustine (J. T. & K. W.) Matanzas r. at station; St. Sebastine r. Km.; 

 the first named best ; drum, sheepshead, sea bass, sea trout, etc. ; sheepshead and 

 bass most numerous; shrimp, fiddlers and minnows as baits; winter months best; 

 hotel $3 to $4 p. d.; guides plenty and reasonable; boats and baits plenty and 

 reasonable. Low water or the last 2 hours of either flood or ebb is the best stage of 

 the tide to fish. The best grounds are located 16 m. south of the city. 



Tampa (S. Fla.) Good fishing in Tampa Bay. Boats and colored boatmen cheap. 

 The fly fishing is most exciting in Hillsboi'o r. running past the town; in it all var- 

 ieties appear to take the feathers including the lordly tarpum as reported by W. C. 

 Prime in his Florida letters. See AMERICAN ANGLER, Vol. IV., p. 391. 



Tarpum Springs (Stage from Tampa or steamer from Cedar Key, Fla.) Fresh 

 and salt water fish are caught here in abundance; large mouth b. b. are numerous. 

 Fly fishing for all varieties is successful. The tarpum at certain seasons, about the 

 middle of March and later, visit these waters. Sheepshead, but few over 5 Ibs., 

 are caught in numbers, as is also the sea trout (southern weakfish) and skipjacks. 

 ATI excellent hotel, boats, etc. at usual charges prevailing on the gulf coast. See 

 THE AMERICAN ANGLER, Vol. VI., p. 311. 



