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six hours caught four tarpons. In the Forest 

 and Stream of July 26, 1902, Mr. Waddell gives 

 in detail much interesting data relating to the 

 fishing here, and states that the Tampico tarpons 

 " strike more voraciously than do those at Aran- 

 sas, and I believe they fight harder and jump 

 higher. One that I had on this last trip jumped 

 fully twelve feet." 



From this it appears that Tampico is a profitable 

 field for the wandering angler during the winter 

 season in the United States, and as thirteen of 

 Mr. Waddell's fish averaged six feet in length, 

 they do not lack in this important particular. 

 Aside from good sport at Tampico the angler will 

 find attractive surroundings. Tampico is a typical 

 Mexican city of twenty-five thousand inhabitants. 

 It stands on a bluff, overlooking the Panuco River, 

 at which point this fine stream is fifteen hundred 

 yards wide. The river enters the Gulf at Point 

 La Barra, about five miles from Tampico, where 

 there are fine jetties. The fish are found at their 

 best from the mouth of the river to the city and 

 where the Tamesi flows into the Panuco. The 

 fishing-grounds are protected from the ocean here, 

 and ideal conditions found. The winter climate 

 of Tampico is described as being " all that could 



