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worth the trouble if you are fond of Black Bass and Bream fishing. 

 During my one visit to the creek I used a small phantom, a small 

 spoon, very small Bream, which I caught with a worm taken out of 

 the decayed tops of the flag stems, cut Mullet, fishing with an Ocono- 

 mowoc Henshall rod, 6^ feet long, silk line, Nos. 2 and 3 Harrison 

 Sproat gut snood hooks, and all casting, no room for trolling. I also 

 did well with flies and fly rod, medium size Parmachene Belle, Brown 

 Hackle, Montreal, Ibis, and Miller. They took any and everything 

 I offered them, as the Black Bass of all these everglade streams will 

 do until they have been fished for considerably. I had with me, as 

 additional guide, Eddie Pent of Cocoanut Grove. I did the same as 

 above in the Miami River, just above the rapids, nine years ago. 



Some Tarpon have been taken in Biscayne Bay north of Miami, 

 but I have never caught any there. I have tried them at Norris Cut, 

 just inside the channel, where I saw many, in fact was right in a school 

 of them there several times, but never could catch one, and I know 

 of no one who has been able to take one. Have made diligent 

 inquiry without success. Neither have I been able to get any detailed 

 information as to anyone's success in the northern part of the bay. 

 The Tarpon are there in plenty, and I have seen them. 



There are Bonefish, Barracuda, Trout, and Cavalle all along the 

 west shore of the bay south to Arsenecker Keys, which are on the 

 west side, about twenty-six miles from Miami, and south of these 

 seven miles to Card Point. And there are the same fishes, with the 

 addition of Channel Bass and Mullet, in the small bays of the west 

 side. I have caught all these fishes on the shores, and in some of the 

 small bays, with the tackle and bait mentioned for each. 



In my opinion, the greatest attraction for the angler in this 

 region, and in fact from here to Key West, lies in the waters of the 

 passes, cuts, creeks, and channels between the ocean and the inside 

 bays. So I will now commence to give in detail the waters I have 

 fished in among the Keys from Norris Cut to Key West. 



My statements of distances are calculated in nautical miles from 

 the charts of the United States Geodetic Survey, and are direct from 

 point to point ; making no allowance for the necessary deviations in 

 navigation, and I ignore fractions of miles. 



