308 Big Game Fishes 



torn were great heads of coral, their surfaces 

 sprinkled with the brilliant breathing organs of 

 worms of all colors. 



Poised in this garden were dainty yellowtails, 

 parrot-fishes of lovely colors, angel-fishes, sea- 

 porcupines, and an endless train, all courtiers of 

 a huge jewfish which crouched or poised in a 

 little bay, an enclosure of coral just large enough 

 for it to enter and turn easily, the entrance being 

 small and narrow. In this veritable bower, with 

 aesthetic objects of the sea on every side, the 

 jewfish rested, only darting out as my boatman 

 plunged over and swam downward, to rob the 

 sea-fans of the yellow "fan" shells which clung 

 to their reticulated sides. 



The angler who does not care to go to the outer 

 reef beyond Key West or to Texas, will find the 

 fish all alongshore on the Indian River, the towns 

 of Titusville, Cocoa, Eau Gallic, Fort Pierce, and 

 others being centres for professional fishermen, 

 now easily reached, while the west coast abounds 

 in resorts from Cedar Keys south. Indeed, the 

 entire region from Cedar Keys on one side and 

 St. Augustine on the east coast to Loggerhead is 

 an angler's paradise, winter or summer, abound- 

 ing in the greatest variety of fishes. 



