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reef. In addition to this there is a slough, or old channel, commenc- 

 ing outside with two feet and running alongside Old Rhodes Key, 

 carrying seven feet of water and then down to less than a foot. I 

 have been in the channels and have done well for Snappers, Groupers, 

 Grunts, Porgies, etc. At high tide there is a fair flow of water 

 through and at all times enough to keep the fish there. There are 

 thousands of Crawfish in the creek and along near the shores. The 

 best way to approach this creek is to go by rowboat from anchorage 

 at the outside of Angelfish Creek, the next pass below. 



ANGELFISH CREEK. 

 TWENTY-EIGHT MILES FROM MIAMI. 



This is the pass between Palo Alto Key, north, and Key Largo, 

 south, the latter the largest of all the Keys, it being twenty-five miles 

 long. 



This is celebrated fishing ground, especially for Angelfish, after 

 which it is named. 



In addition to the main channel through from the west to the 

 east, there are two smaller creeks to the south running west and 

 coming out into the main channel, one of them is Little Angelfish 

 Creek, which runs between Angelfish Key and an unnamed Key to 

 the south of it, and the other is Pumpkin Creek, running between 

 the unnamed Key and Key Largo. There are also two creeks to the 

 north, which branch out from the main channel and run out into Card 

 Sound, as the inside water, or bay, is here called. One of these 

 two creeks has a branch which runs out north into Broad Creek. All 

 these waters carry good depth, and there is good fishing in all of them. 



The main channel has many holes, caverns and wells, like those 

 at Sands Cut, and all sorts of fish are plenty. Anchor in five to ten 

 feet water on the outside, a little beyond the line of Keys, in the 

 channel, for Snappers, Groupers, Porgies, etc., etc. For large Man- 

 grove Snappers follow the south shore close to the mangroves. One 

 of the best spots is about half a mile inside the line of Keys, where 

 you will see a ledge of coral some six or eight feet down, suddenly 

 dropping to fifteen or twenty feet. Around the edges of that ledge 

 there are Snappers up to ten pounds, certainly. The very largest do 

 not seem inclined to bite, but you will get them up to seven and 



