SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



or more fish of an average weight. The 

 small fish seem to remain for several years 

 in brackish water before going to sea. There 

 are numbers weighing from three to five 

 pounds, and beautiful little fish they are to 

 look at and delightful to take on light tackle. 



To fish in Cuba you must have a vessel 

 adapted to the waters. She must have 

 power as well as sail and must not draw 

 more than four feet. The rivers are deep, 

 except over the bars at the mouth, where 

 they are very shoal. The tarpon do not seem 

 to go above the tide into fresh water. The' 

 limit of the mangrove growth, which does 

 not grow along fresh water, is the limit of 

 the fish. The rivers are lined with mangrove 

 trees and royal palms, and the current is 

 never rapid, so that the waters are ideal for 

 fishing. The fish will average about one 

 hundred pounds, but now and then you will 

 meet a school of giants. 



I have cruised from Nuevitas Bay on the 

 north coast around the western end, of the 

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