SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



The bonefish proper has the appearance 

 of a beautiful silvery fish very like the white- 

 fish of the lakes; the mouth is small, the 

 lips are thick with grinding teeth set in the 

 throat. It has large fins and tail, hard 

 scales, and is marked with stripes like a 

 striped bass. 



Bonefish are not large fish; the largest 

 I ever saw weighed twelve pounds, but they 

 will average five or six pounds. It is their 

 fighting ability that is extraordinary and it 

 is away above their weight, for they are the 

 strongest and most plucky, as well as the 

 most shy fish that swim in the sea. 



The habitat of the true bonefish begins 

 at Biscayne Bay, Florida, and extends 

 through the Florida Keys. How far south 

 they really go is not known but, as natives 

 have told me that they are more plentiful 

 in the summertime, it would lead one to 

 believe that they come from the south. I 

 have seen them in the Havana fish market, 

 and on one occasion I saw a bonefish taken 



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