CHAPTER VII 

 FISHING 



VERY little information, and almost no tackle, 

 can be got in Nassau for the comfort and de- 

 light of anglers. It is surprising that when such 

 a feature is made of the fishing in Florida that 

 nothing should be done about it in the Bahamas. 

 I suppose the absence of tarpon is the chief cause, 

 though indeed there are tarpon at the Bernini 

 Cays. 



The best places to fish vary according to what 

 you want to catch and whom you talk to. There 

 are floating fish everywhere, though they are in 

 greatest numbers anywhere but in the immediate 

 vicinity of the wharves. Even there, however, I 

 have seen sharks and large houndfish. Barracuda 

 may be found everywhere. I have seen one nearly 

 six feet long opposite Sawyer's Dock within ten 

 yards of the wall. 



The best trolling ground near Nassau is from 

 the reef outside Long Cay, past the lighthouse, up 

 the ocean side of Salt Cay and round to the south 



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