206 WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW TO CATCH FISH 



CHAPTER XIV. 



BISCAYNE BAY AND MIAMI, INDIAN CREEK. 



This creek is on the eastern shore, opposite Lemon City, and 

 about six miles north of Miami. It is an inside bayou, or slough, run- 

 ning parallel with the peninsula north and south. It is said to be a 

 good water to troll for Sea Trout. 



MIAMI. 



THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX MILES SOUTH OF 

 JACKSONVILLE. 



The City of Miami is on the west shore of Biscayne Bay, at the 

 mouth of the Miami River, and ten miles south from the south end 

 of the canal. 



It is the southern terminus of the Florida East Coast Railway, 

 and the port of departure for the Steamers of the Peninsular & Occi- 

 dental Steamship Co., for Key West, Havana, and Nassau. It is a 

 point of call for many medium-size yachts, and the winter rendezvous 

 of many of the smaller class which cruise in the Halifax, Hillsboro, 

 and Indian rivers, Lake Worth, Biscayne Bay, among the Keys to 

 Key West, and on the West Coast to the Tarpon grounds of Charlotte 

 Harbor, and other points. 



It is also the headquarters of many sailboats, launches, rowboats, 

 etc., for charter from one day to a number of months, for cruising 

 and sport fishing. Virginia Key, the most northerly of all the Keys 

 reaching from Biscayne Bay to Key West, and beyond to the Dry 

 Tortugas, lies opposite the city. From here, south, the inlets from 

 the ocean are nearly all broader than those of Lake Worth, Indian 

 River, etc. , and are called "cuts," "creeks" "passes," and "chan- 

 nels," instead of "inlets." 



The water is warmer, much more clear and transparent than those 

 heretofore mentioned, and are more highly colored, blue and green. 

 Biscayne Bay is thirty-six miles long, north and south, and varies in 

 width from three to eight miles. The distance to Key West is 143 



