420 Big Game Fishes 
more or less famous for tarpon, are well known, 
and include Tampa, Cedar Keys, St. James City, 
Charlotte Harbor, White Water Bay, Captiva 
Pass, Homosassa, Punta Rassa, and others — all 
reached vza the railroad from Jacksonville. Other 
resorts on the north Gulf coast may be found at 
Pensacola and Mississippi Sound. The tarpon 
country of the coast of Texas is reached vza New 
Orleans from the east and San Antonio from the 
west, and from Galveston to Aransas Pass fine 
fishing is to be had. The country calls to mind 
the Indian River region, being protected from the 
sea by a long sandy ridge. The town of Tarpon 
is situated on Aransas Pass, reached by the Aran- 
sas Pass Railroad to Rockport, where the mail boat 
may be taken to Tarpon, or to Sport, the head- 
quarters of the Tarpon Club of Texas. The cli- 
mate at the Pass is excellent in summer, insect 
pests are absent, and continuous breezes from the 
Gulf make the angling particularly enjoyable. 
The fishing at Galveston is worthy of special 
mention. Here we find the Galveston Tarpon 
Club, whose members have fine sport with tar- 
pon, jack, Spanish mackerel, and redfish. G. E. 
Mann, Esq., president of the club, writes to the 
Forest and Stream as follows, which, as I have 
