WHERE AND HOW 



reach the Everglades. The head of Harney 

 River is a nursery for tarpon, with miles of tiny 

 streams through which baby tarpon can be fol- 

 lowed where there is scant room to turn a canoe, 

 in water darkened by overhanging branches that 

 meet above them. 



A branch of Harney River leads to the labyrin- 

 thic channels and several mouths of Shark River, 

 where a few tarpon may be found at all seasons 

 of the year. But its crooked channels are guarded 

 by snags and oyster bars, and its under-cut banks 

 by a maze of projecting mangrove roots, all de- 

 structive of the tackle and temper of the tarpon 

 fisherman. 



Thirty miles from Harney River, down the 

 coast and around the three Capes Sable, is 

 Flamingo, home of the late Guy Bradley. Near 

 here, at Joe Kemp's Key, is good anchorage and 

 fair camping ground, while before it spread out 

 the shallow waters and beautiful keys of Florida 

 Bay. Here, too, tarpon abound, but their pur- 

 suit with the rod is apt to be disappointing as in 

 the clear, shallow water the fish can see the fisher- 

 man's game too easily. 



It will hardly pay the sportsman to go south 

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