10 WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



many species are found on the East Coast of Florida which do not 

 occur on the Gulf Coast, and vice versa. There are so many species 

 found on the West Coast that are not known on the East Coast that 

 the two coasts may be regarded as having separate fauna." " There 

 is no other place in the United States where one can study live fishes 

 so satisfactorily as at Key West." "Trolling for kingfish, jack, 

 crevalle, bluefish, Spanish mackerel, and spotted sea trout at Indian 

 River, Lake Worth, Key West, or Biscayne Bay, furnishes sport of 

 the most exciting kind ; while still fishing for sheepshead and man- 

 grove snappers at Indian River Inlet ; for chubs, porgies, porkfish, 

 yellowtails, snappers, and grunts at Key West ; or for red snappers, 

 red groupers, and others of their kin on the Snapper Banks furnishes 

 sufficient variety to please any angler, in whatever mood he may 

 chance to be. I have fished in every State and Territory in the 

 Union but three, and from Siberia and Behring Sea to the Gulfs of 

 California and Mexico, and, all things considered, regard Florida as 

 unequaled in the richness and variety of its attractions for all sorts of 

 sport with rod and reel." 



Lieut. William Henn of the British Navy, a well-known yachts- 

 man and sportsman, in an article contributed to the Century Maga- 

 zine, June, 1893, entitled " Caught on a Lee Shore," says : "The 

 coasts of Florida, from the head of Indian River on the east to 

 Tampa Bay or Cedar Keys on the west, are about the best cruising- 

 grounds for a small or medium-sized yacht that I am acquainted with. 

 As for the fishing, for variety, gameness, size and quantity of the 

 fish, I believe it to be the best in the world. And game, both fin 

 and feather, is more or less abundant, according as the country is 

 more or less settled." 



