364 Bass, Pike, and Percb 



The same tackle as that recommended for its 

 congener, the lady- fish, answers just as well for the 

 ten-pounder, and it can be fished for in the same 

 locations. It frequents shallow water on the 

 grassy banks and sandy shoals rather more than 

 the lady-fish, and can be sought there accordingly, 

 as well as at the inlets when the tide is making. 



Both the ten-pounder and the lady-fish are 

 warm-water fishes. They are to be found in 

 Biscayne Bay and along the neighboring keys 

 during winter, and as the water becomes warmer 

 they extend their range northward on both coasts. 

 After the disastrous frosts that occurred during 

 the winters of 1SS6 and 1895 in Florida, I saw 

 windrows of dead ten-pounders, lad3^-fishes, and 

 tarpon on the beaches about Charlotte Harbor. 

 They had become chilled from the sudden lower- 

 ing of the temperature. I have caught both the 

 ten-pounder and lady-fish as far north as Tampa 

 Bay on the west coast of Florida, and Indian River 

 Inlet on the east coast. My fishing was mostly 

 done from the points of inlets and passes, on the 

 flood tide, and usually with the artificial fly, in 

 shallow water, the time and places mentioned be- 

 ing the most favorable for fly-fishing. At other 

 times I have fished on the shallow bars and grassy 



