186 WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



Some four or five years ago the people of Hillsboro River residing 

 in Volusia Co., the southern limit of which is a few miles north of 

 the Haulover, voted against seine and net (except cast net) fishing in 

 their river. This is done under a State law allowing each county or 

 town to settle that question for themselves by vote, which might be 

 called a sort of local option. Before that time the waters had been 

 very much depleted by the market fishermen, who had the very best 

 kind of a show, as they could take nearly every fish out of the very 

 numerous creeks, which were easily fished. In a year or two after- 

 wards, the people living on Halifax River, north of the inlet, voted 

 to close their river to the net fishermen. 



The creeks and the river are still fished for market with cast nets, 

 but they are not so destructive as the seines were. In addition to 

 the above, the State law forbids net fishing within one mile of any 

 inlet, pass or channel, inside or outside. Both laws are observed at 

 Mosquito Inlet. 



Notwithstanding all of the above favorable conditions, sportsmen 

 go to Ponce Park, Port Orange, and New Smyrna and are dis- 

 appointed, and they will be when they strike a cold winter, or strike 

 a spell of cold weather during an average warm winter. 



Mr. S. C. Clark of Boston spent a great deal of time at Ponce 

 Park, and has written a great deal about the place, mostly in 

 periodicals. 



