Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . to make, and the Indian 100 SPORT ON LAND AND WATER River now has less water at that point thanit had before. By letting in the salt water,they changed the character of the lovelySt. Lucie River; for the brackish waterkilled all the vines that hung in garlandsfrom the trees. It also changed the char-acter of the fish to be found there. Mulletin great schools came into the river on theflood-tides, and were to be found ten milesup the North Branch, and tarpon followedthe mullet in large numbers. I saw moretarpon that winter, and la
Sport on land and water : recollections of Frank Gray Griswold . to make, and the Indian 100 SPORT ON LAND AND WATER River now has less water at that point thanit had before. By letting in the salt water,they changed the character of the lovelySt. Lucie River; for the brackish waterkilled all the vines that hung in garlandsfrom the trees. It also changed the char-acter of the fish to be found there. Mulletin great schools came into the river on theflood-tides, and were to be found ten milesup the North Branch, and tarpon followedthe mullet in large numbers. I saw moretarpon that winter, and larger ones, thanI have seen in the ten years since. It wasthat winter that I acquired the taste forriver fishing. The tarpon that come to the rivers,bayous, and inlets of our coast in Apriland May in great numbers leave in theautumn, supposedly for the warmer watersof the Gulf Stream; but some fish remainin the deep rivers of the east coast ofFlorida all winter. They do not showon cold days; but if the water is sixty-eight degrees, or warmer, you can see them,. ST. LUCIE RIVER, FLORIDA
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