New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Fishermen Find
Tempting Quarry
In Miami Waters
Anglers From All Parts of
Country Flock to Winter
Resort to Engage inSport;
Boats Arrive for Races

Special Correspondence
MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 31.-February, the
month when angling records for the
season are usually hung up, is at hand,
and sportsmen from East and West
are arriving at Miami we'll equipped
Tor several weeks of rare diversion,
Gaudily colored flies are unnecessary
pant IN these tropical waters. The fish
hereabouts, credited AS numbering six
hundred varieties, arc not fastidious
A strip of mullet or ballyhoo presents
as tempting a spread to the hungry
denizens as could be desired. and it
Immediately becomes red-hot fgh
to the finish. Each moment requires
quick action, from his rush for the bait
until he is finally reeled .alongs de
exhausted. There are tense moments
too, especially if a shovel-nosed shark
or devllfish senses your quarry. Many
voracious shark has robbed the un-
suspecting angler of his prize.
c,IsS Each morning the, the Miami anglers
New York anglers visiting Miami may
be assigned to parties Of sportsmen
who, like himself, are unattached. 1t
little matters who he is or who he is
not. If the singing of tackle is an old
tune, then he immediately becomes one
Of the boys. The club is opening for
charter feet Of twelve fishing craft
Entrance to Biscayne Bay and all
cuts between the keys offered shelter
for ineXhaustible quantities of angel
lish, Dream, gray and red snapper, four
varieties of grouper, hogtish mangrove
snapper, parrothsh, sailors choice,
turbot. barracuda and others. The
larger fish swim offshorc in the Gulf
Stream few of them are the POM
pano, Spanish mackerel, tuna, bone
fish, sailfsh, kingfish, needlefish, a
dozen species of shark, devilfish and
wahoo or stingray. There is always
the thrilling possibility Of catching
some extremely rare habitat Of the
deep to lure on the visiting angler in
Miami. Generally once a year an as
plrant enjoys this triumph Several
years back Captain Charles Thompson,
rated as Florida's foremost angler, cap
turcd a whale shark weighing 10000
pounds, the first of its kind ever seen.
An elephant-earcd sunfsh was brought
in three years ago Size, beauty
and rarity are elements as alluring to
true anglers as is the struggle of the
rospector to discover q glstening
nugget.
Yacht racing is again commanding
the attention of leading devotees Of
thls sport in Miami. Many frst-class
speed boats and cruisers are already
mere for the annual motorboat regatta
TO be staged the first week in March.
lhis WiNtcr Will bring out many boats
FOR speed and quality never approached
before in Florida. II. R. Duckwall. of
Indianapolis, IS here with his new 43-
foot express cruiser Hoosier V. Other
spo'tsmen expected to enter the big
"2ter attraction are Carl G.. Fisher.
VINO built & new speed craft. Shadow
VI. especially for the event; the high
powered Jan II. belonging to James H
SNoWden, OF New York, aad the Whip.
entered by Robert Naypole. of CHICAGO
q year ago the Whip won the express
erpl ser race. Messing out the Shadow Y
lfVln Cobb will visit Miami carly in
March to enjoy eoiing and fishing. lie
aiso has lecture engagement here.
RaNton ". Currio, editor Of "rhe
CoNn'ry Gentleman" Philadelphia, 8 a
10, Of ~ W. Howe, founder o "The
Atchi8on G oAe."
IS occupying her winter homo at Miami
Pea h. is entertaining her sister through
February.
Major A. B. Peterson, Of New York
is guest at the McAllister Hotel
George y" Bailey, Of Syracuse, has
iolaed friends at the Martinique.
MIR a'~, Mrs. Joserh LEBLANC, of
New forA, are registered at the Break
ers for an extended sojourn. s. f. Eden.
o. -rooklyn also IS stopping a this
At the Ocean Side Inn are J. D. Ken
2edg, u Brooklyn, and Mrs Il. @. Nor-
man and her son, Oswald 3. Norman,
OF New York