SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



as in pass fishing, to keep your line taut. 

 The gentle current of the Southern rivers 

 is of little assistance, even if you are for- 

 tunate enough to jump your fish when 

 trolling against it. The rivers are deep, and 

 the waters are dyed by the cypress roots 

 and fringed with white lilies. The banks 

 are lined with cabbage-palms and deciduous 

 trees, which in January are just budding, 

 spring then beginning along these lovely 

 rivers so little known to tourists in Florida. 



I do most of my fishing with the assist- 

 ance of a launch. With the advent of the 

 automobile, a new way of seeing the world 

 was discovered for the tourist, and years of 

 keen pleasure offered to those who love 

 travel. The coming of the motor-boat has 

 done the same for fishing. 



I remember being surprised some years 

 ago at Captiva Pass by the complaints made 

 about one fisherman, because, cruising 

 about in a launch near where we were fish- 

 ing, he frightened the fish with his propeller, 

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