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outside the jetties with live or dead silver 

 mullet. The drawbacks are the rough water 

 and the numerous sharks. June and October 

 are the best months. 



When I was at Tampico, Mexico, the method 

 of fishing was trolling a dead silver mullet 

 behind a row boat. We fished at the jetties 

 seven miles below the town or ten miles up the 

 Panuco River above Tampico. There is also 

 a Laguna that contains small tarpon. Owing 

 to the trade wind, afternoon fishing is difficult. 

 The best months are February and March. 



In the Panama Zone the fishing is done from 

 the shore below the spillway of the Gatun Dam. 

 The method of fishing is with the fly and the 

 season is from May to November. If the Canal 

 had no locks the tarpon would now be in the 

 Pacific as well as in the Atlantic Ocean. 



