FEB, 3, 1906.] 


and one of the most persistent biters known. The 
young are found in the channels of shallow bays 
and around the piles of wharves and landings. 
The large fish frequent deeper waters of the off- 
shore banks where they hide under stones or in 
rock crevices. It is not necessary as a rule to 
locate the sea bass; the angler’s fervent desire 
generally is to loacte where he is “conspicuous by 
his absence.’’_ 
The food of this fish includes shrimp and crabs, 
squids, sea worms, small fishes and all other ani- 
mals of suitable size. The species is a bottom 
feeder. 
The size of the Florida sea bass is much below 
that of its Northern relative, seldom exceeding 
twelve or fourteen inches, with a weight of a 
pound or less. 
“T have seldom taken the sea bass on the Gulf 
coast of Florida with rod and line, though I have 
found it more common on the east coast, on In- 
dian River. It is not much of a game fish, and 
is usually but of a pound or two in weight. 
“Ordinary black bass tackle will answer very 
well for the sea bass, but as it is usually met 
with in the tideways, in rocky situations, and 
where a rather heavy sinker is required, the 
‘Little Giant’ rod is more suitable. For baits— 
shrimp, fiddler and clam are all good.” 
THe Rep Grouper (Cerna morio).—Other 
names of this important fish are brown snapper, 
red snapper, red-bellied snapper, groper, red 
groper, Cherna, Cherna americana and Cherna 
de vivero, 
The red grouper is one of the commonest fishes 
of the Gulf of Mexico, and occurs in less abun- 
dance in the West Indies. It is associated with 
the red snapper on the offshore banks, where in- 
vertebrated animals are plentiful. Grouper banks 
are located eight miles due west of Clearwater 
Harbor. Along the Florida Keys small-sized 
grouper are the rule. 
This is decidedly a bottom fish in moderate 
depths, but comes into the bays and inlets to 
spawn, and the young are most abundant in the 
inlets. At Mosquito Inlet small fish of I to 3 
pounds are common. Indian River Inlet contains 
examples of 10 to 12 pounds, and in the Gulf very 
large specimens are plentiful. The red grouper 
is a voracious destroyer of small fishes, and is 
very-fond of crabs and other crustaceans. It is 
said to be wary in taking the hook, but we have 
never experienced any difficulty in catching even 
more than we needed when fishing for red snap- 
per. We have caught many individuals weighing 
30 pounds or more on the red snapper banks, and 
Silas Stearns has recorded a maximum weight of 
40 pounds for this species. 
“This is a pretty fair game fish with light 
tackle, and tries to keep near the bottom. A light 
striped bass rod, multiplying reel, braided line, 
size E, and Sproat hook, 3-0 on a gimp snell, 
with sinker adapted to the tide, constitute the 
best tackle. For bait may be employed sea craw- 
fish, shrimp, fiddler or clam. In the channels 
near Key West it is taken along with grunts, por- 
gies, snappers, hogfish, etc., and with the same 
baits.” 
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