308 Big Game Fishes 
tom were great heads of coral, their surfaces 
sprinkled with the brilliant breathing organs of 
worms of all colors. 
Poised in this garden were dainty yellowtails, 
parrot-fishes of lovely colors, angel-fishes, sea- 
porcupines, and an endless train, — all courtiers of 
a huge jewfish which crouched or poised in a 
little bay, an enclosure of coral just large enough 
for it to enter and turn easily, the entrance being 
small and narrow. In this veritable bower, with 
zsthetic objects of the sea on every side, the 
jewfish rested, only darting out as my boatman 
plunged over and swam downward, to rob the 
sea-fans of the yellow “fan” shells which clung 
to their reticulated sides. 
The angler who does not care to go to the outer 
reef beyond Key West or to Texas, will find the 
fish all alongshore on the Indian River, the towns 
of Titusville, Cocoa, Eau Gallie, Fort Pierce, and 
others being centres for professional fishermen, 
now easily reached, while the west coast abounds 
in resorts from Cedar Keys south. Indeed, the 
entire region from Cedar Keys on one side and 
St. Augustine on the east coast to Loggerhead is 
an angler’s paradise, winter or summer, abound- 
ing in the greatest variety of fishes. 
