THE SILVEE KING 



The following list will afford some idea of the tarpon angling 

 at Tampico. The fishes are taken with rod and reel in the 

 Panuco Eiver. The best season at Tampico is that comprising 

 the months of January, February and March. The torrential 

 rains of summer make the water muddy, but by October it 

 begins to clear and the tarpon come in from the Gulf, and accord- 

 ing to Mr. A. M. Poindexter, a veteran tarpon angler of Tampico, 

 by November they will be found at the entrance of every small 

 affluent of the Panuco. The fishing continues until the middle 

 or the last of June. The record tarpon at Tampico, according 

 to Mr. Poindexter, is seven feet two inches, weight two hundred 

 and two pounds. It was landed by Mr. H. W. Wilson, the 

 British Consul General at Tampico. The following are some 

 of the yearly catches at this point, or the winter fishing : 



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