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Forest and Stream 
FISHING IN BERMUDA 
MANY VARIETIES OF GAME FISH ARE 
FOUND IN THE SURROUNDING WATERS 
By JAMES ALBERT WALES 
This year is the third centennial 
of the first white English settle¬ 
ment in the regions about the 
Kennebec River. 
Just three hundred years ago— in 
1623—Sir Fernando Gorges, “the 
father of American Colonization,” 
sent his son up the Kennebec 
River to establish the first colony 
of white men. 
Then, as today, the river was 
known as the Kennebec— long 
lake.” 
Then the sons and daughters of 
the Norridgewock Indians built 
their youthful romances on the 
lakes and streams about the Ken¬ 
nebec. 
Three hundred years have passed 
but the traditions of the “canoe 
on the Kennebec” still remain. 
All over the length and breadth 
of the land—wherever lakes and 
streams are found KENNEBEC 
CANOES safely glide through the 
whispering waters and carry their 
hunters, fishermen, lovers. Every¬ 
one! 
When you go canoeing let the 
spirit of the Norridgewock Indians 
guide you on your KENNEBEC 
CANOE. 
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GREAT deal has been 
written about the many 
and diverse attractions 
of Bermuda, but it 
seems strange that lit¬ 
tle mention has been 
made of what to many 
would be the greatest 
lure of all—the catch¬ 
ing of big game fish. 
Bermuda prides itself 
on being “different.” 
When it comes to fish and fishing, it is 
actually unique. Think of being able to 
catch 296 varieties of fish, a large pro¬ 
portion of which are not likely to be met 
with in other waters. 
The angler who pines in winter time 
because he cannot go to California for 
tuna and broadbill swordfish, or to the 
Gulf of Mexico for tarpon, will perhaps 
be surprised to learn that he can encom¬ 
pass a very respectable fishing holiday 
within eight to fourteen days, by trying 
his luck in Bermuda. It is only two 
days from New York, and while four 
days between boats will allow for some 
rare sport and enable the angler to com¬ 
plete the trip within eight days, when 
he reaches the islands he will be loath 
to leave so soon. 
Tuna and tarpon have been taken in 
Bermuda, but not in liberal quantities, 
as these fish require brackish or coastal 
water, and it is not available there. 
The “horse mackerel” of Bermuda is a 
little tuna, or “tunny” averaging about 
fifteen pounds, and is found in abun¬ 
dance. However, the angler will not re¬ 
gret the comparative scarcity of two or 
three sorts of large game fish, because 
there are numerous others, running up 
to and over 100 pounds, that will give 
him exceptionally fine sport. Prominent 
among them is the amberfish, or amber- 
jack. This is the Atlantic cousin of the 
Pacific species known as the yellowtail, 
an extremely game fish much sought in 
California waters. Louis L. Mombray, 
director of the New York Aquarium, 
recently caught an amberfish weighing 
130 pounds. 
The hogfish is a fighter that will test 
the mettle of any angler. Even the 
twenty and twenty-five-pound hogfish 
will put up a battle that will not be sur¬ 
passed by any other fish of equal weight, 
and the chub, which is taken best in 
February and March, and which runs 
about twelve to fourteen pounds, is a 
remarkably game fish for light tackle. 
The green and spotted morays are 
hard fighters, treacherous, and one is not 
always sure of having “finished” them. 
Walter B. Hayward, in his engaging 
book “Bermuda Past and Present,” tells 
of a native fisherman who, while fishing 
with a partner from a dinghy, impru¬ 
dently pulled a green moray over the 
gunwale before killing it. It attacked 
both men savagely, until they were 
obliged to climb the mast and capsize the 
boat. Another Bermuda fish story that 
has been verified, is that a green moray 
captured for the New York Aquarium 
bit a piece out of a one-inch plank in its 
fight for freedom. 
E VERYTHING is in the fisherman's 
favor, in Bermuda. Practically 
every day is a good fishing day. The 
facilities are abundant and the grounds 
readily reached. The best fishing is 
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