198 WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



In March, 1892, I caught a Bluefish weighing Yiy 2 pounds near 

 the inlet inside, with rod and reel, still fishing, cut Mullet bait. I 

 was "high hook" just one day, as the next day a gentleman from 

 Philadelphia caught three in the Bluefish hole just east of the present 

 railroad bridge, which weighed, respectively, 13^, 14^, and W}4 

 pounds. 



During the winter and spring there is fair trolling for Kingfish off 

 Jupiter Inlet, about a mile from shore. 



The Loxahatchie River comes in here from the northwest, and 

 there is fair fishing in it two miles or more from the inlet, for Man- 

 grove Snappers, Groupers, Sea Trout, Sheepshead, etc . Just above the 

 railroad bridge there is a hole, or deep place, along under the mangrove 

 on the north side, called "Snapper Hole" and " Jewfish Channel," 

 where Snappers, Jewfish and Groupers have been plenty. There are 

 creeks about two miles up, coming in from the south, where the 

 Snapper fishing was good while inlet was open. In leaving Jupiter, 

 we leave the Oyster, which is, or was, plenty, as also in Hobe Sound. 

 There are none farther south. 



On arrival at Ponce Park, October 10, 1901, I learn that Jupiter 

 Inlet was opened on the 14th of June last, by the residents there, 

 with the assistance of the United States Government, and that the 

 inlet and bay inside are in good condition, with three feet on the bar 

 at low tide, and the usual good fishing inside and out. 



Before taking leave of Indian River I wish to repeat, that from 

 the Haulover Canal south to the northern end of Jupiter Narrows, 

 faithful and industrious trolling with a rowboat, along the shores, and 

 sometimes in the middle of the river, will result in reasonable catches 

 of Sea Trout, with occasional Channel Bass, and when local guides 

 are employed some of the smaller fish can be caught, but please 

 remember that the "man with the net" has been industriously at 

 work on the river for twelve years or more. He has during the past 

 four or five years been forbidden by State law to fish within one mile 

 of any inlet ; so the angler still has a fair chance at the four inlets. 



I do not like to leave Jupiter without indulging in a little reminis- 

 cence regarding the railway from there to Juno on Lake Worth. 

 That railway has become historic, because it was the means of solving 

 some of the astronomical, mythological, and meteorological problems 

 of the times. 



As it began at Jupiter on Indian River and ended in Juno on 



