THE BOOK OF THE TARPON 



Bay, is twenty-five miles. This is the last place 

 on the west coast at which the fisherman can be 

 comfortably housed. If the Storters like your 

 looks you will find yourself in pleasant quarters. 

 The house is at the mouth of Allen's River, 

 where a few tarpon can always be found, while 

 Turner's River, five miles down the bay, is their 

 natural home. In three days on the latter I took 

 thirty-two on an eight-ounce fly-rod, the largest 

 of which measured six and one-half feet in length 

 and weighed about one hundred and forty 

 pounds. 



South of Chokoloskee Bay the fisherman must 

 have a cruising boat or be prepared to camp out. 

 In the first twelve miles are three rivers, Barnes, 

 Hueston, and Chatham, all favorite watering re- 

 sorts for tarpon. Ten miles farther bring the 

 fisherman to Lossman's River, where also tarpon 

 may be found, and another ten miles will land 

 him at the mouths of Rodger's and Broad Rivers, 

 either of which is likely to be filled with the fish. 

 Two miles south he will find the mouth of Harney 

 River with its twelve miles of devious channels 

 and bays, the only natural stream on the West 

 Coast through which a craft of moderate size can 



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