WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



He accompanied Mr. Frank W. Sams, U. S. Inspector of Life 

 Saving Stations and Houses of Refuge, on the East Coast, on twelve 

 inspection trips during 1884-5-6-7-8, from New Smyrna to Biscayne 

 Bay, there being at that time no regular steamer or rail communica- 

 tion, and no canals except the old " Haulover " between Mosquito 

 Lagoon and Indian River. These trips were made in small sailboats 

 to Jupiter, and from there south to Biscayne Bay in canoes. During 

 eleven of these trips they came north by the inside route from Bis- 

 cayne Bay to the south end of Lake Worth, through the saw -grass of 

 the eastern edge of the Everglades, utilizing the sounds and other 

 waters of New and Hillsboro rivers, and Lake Worth Creek, as much 

 as possible. (There are two Hillsboro rivers on the East Coast and 

 one on the West Coast, which latter enters Hillsboro Bay at Tampa. ) 

 During April, 1895, he made a land hunting trip from New Smyrna to 

 Biscayne Bay in a small sailboat, going outside from Jupiter to the Bay, 

 where he remained two weeks. During all these trips he paid partic- 

 ular attention to the fishing, while en route, and when at the stations. 



He has also sailed freight and passenger schooners and sloops 

 between New Smyrna and Jacksonville, calling many times at St. Au- 

 gustine, and has made one visit to Fernandina. 



During the thirty years covered by the above recital, he has fished 

 for sport, and sometimes for market, at many points above Jackson- 

 ville, on the St. Johns River ; at St. Augustine, in the Matanzas and 

 St. Sebastian rivers ; at Matanzas Inlet, eighteen miles south of the 

 city ; and outside from there, both from boats and in the surf from 

 the beach ; and inside, through the rivers, lagoons, canals, Lake 

 Worth, Biscayne Bay, and the line of Keys, all the way to Key West, 

 covering every inlet and pass of importance the entire distance. 



I first came to Florida early in February, 1885, stopping at St. 

 Augustine. I fished in the Matanzas and Sebastian rivers many 

 times, and before leaving spent three days at Matanzas Inlet, at the 

 south end of Matanzas River. 



About the first of March I went by stage from St. Augustine to 

 Daytona, a distance of sixty-five miles, where, with two other gentle- 

 men, I chartered a small sloop in charge of her owner, Capt. Ward. 



We proceeded to Ponce Park, twelve miles to the south, fishing 



