WHERE AND HOW 



v pon fishermen of the past generation have been 

 housed. From Punta Rassa fishermen go out 

 daily to Matlacha Pass, between Pine Island and 

 the mainland, up to Caloosahatchee River, or 

 to any one of several points in Pine Island 

 Sound. Ten miles from Punta Rassa, down the 

 bight below Sanibel, Carlos Pass leads in to 

 Estero Bay, Surveyor's Creek, and other tarpon 

 grounds. 



Easiest to reach of all tarpon centers is Fort 

 Myers on the Caloosahatchee River. Hotel ac- 

 commodation, boats, boatmen, and tackle can al- 

 ways be found there, and in five consecutive days 

 fishing nearby I captured thirty-five big tarpon. 



Forty miles south of Punta Rassa is Marco, 

 which has changed little since I began visiting it 

 a quarter of a century ago. The boat service be- 

 tween Punta Rassa and Marco is irregular, but 

 difficult as it is to get there, it is yet harder to 

 get away, as I found when having contemplated 

 a visit of a week or two, I stayed as many years. 

 The fisherman should take his own tackle to 

 Marco, but boats and boatmen can always be 

 found there for trips of a day or a month. 



From Marco to Everglade, on Chokoloskee 

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