304 Big Game Fishes 
Not a few anglers profess to believe the two fishes 
identical, the huge Warsaw being the adult black 
grouper; but the consensus of opinion is against 
this, and the two adult fishes side by side certainly 
could not be confused. The jewfish proper, Pvo- 
microps, is found from Brazil to Georgia, possibly 
rarely straying farther north, and in the Gulf of 
California. I was assured that the fish was com- 
mon at the mouth of the St. Johns River, Florida, 
but in three months’ fishing there and at Fernan- 
dina I saw none, though it is fair to say that sharks 
were so plentiful at the time that they seriously 
interfered in the quest. The fish is fairly common 
at Garden Key; also on the Gulf coast of Florida, 
—in fact, the entire Gulf coast, where it appears 
to haunt the bayous, preferring “holes” and 
localities affected by the grouper, in compara- 
tively shallow water. At Aransas Pass, Texas, 
and vicinity, the fishes of the largest size are 
taken by sportsmen with rod and reel. 
Some exciting fishing for jewfish may be had 
at the town of Tarpon, Aransas Pass, where the 
fish attains an enormous size, and at certain times 
is found in what are apparently schools. In No- 
vember they come in, or “run,” for several days, 
by the Point of Rocks, and are fished for from 
