ON THE EAST COAST OF FLORIDA. Ill 



done well ; this was the case before and after the " freeze " of Feb- 

 ruary 8, 1895. 



The tides also must be reckoned with by the angler, especially on 

 the bars, and in the passes, inlets, and creeks, leading from the inside 

 waters out into the ocean. 



In all of them, from the north end of Biscayne Bay to Mayport 

 (mouth of the St. Johns River) on the north, more fish can usually 

 be caught on the last two hours of the ' ' ebb ' ' and the first two 

 hours of the "flow" than in all the balance of the day; this is a 

 well-known fact among all sea-fish anglers, North and South. How- 

 ever, as you go south from Miami the above is not quite as impor- 

 tant as to the north, and its effect lessens very materially among the 

 inside waters of the Bay of Florida, of which Biscayne Bay is really 

 the northern end. And as you get beyond the influence of the tides 

 coming in at Mosquito Inlet and Indian River Inlet, the fishing is 

 not so much affected. 



It is well for me to here explain that the openings from the inside 

 waters out into the Atlantic Ocean are called by many different names, 

 as follows, viz : The mouth of the St. Johns River is called "St. 

 Johns Bar"; at St. Augustine, the opening is called "Saint Augus- 

 tine Inlet "; then, to the south, the next is " Mosquito Inlet "; then 

 " Indian River Inlet," with " Fort Pierce Cut " (now closed), "Nig- 

 ger Cut," "Garfield Cut," and " Blue Hole Cut," leading from the 

 river to the inlet ; then, twenty miles south, "Gilbert's Bar"; then 

 "Jupiter Inlet" (now closed), "Lake Worth Inlet," " Hillsboro 

 Inlet," and " New River Inlet." Then, from Biscayne Bay, " Norris 

 Cut," " Bears Cut," " Cape Florida Pass," " Soldier Key Passes," 

 "Ragged Keys Passes," " Sands Cut. " The next ones are called 

 creeks, as "Caesar's Creek," " Broad Creek," " Angel Fish Creek," 

 and " Tavernier Creek," the latter at south end of Key Largo. 



From the latter point the openings are called channels, such as 

 "Upper Matacumbe Channel," "Boca Chica Channel, " etc., etc. 



At the close of the list of " Fishing Localities " I have placed a 

 list of hotels and boarding houses, nearly all of which are taken from 

 the folder of the Florida East Coast Railway, season of 1900-1901, 

 entitled " East Coast of Florida Hotel List and Information Folder," 

 that Company having kindly given me permission to use the same. I 

 also desire to acknowledge my obligation to the same Company for 

 the use of the map which is a part of this book. 



