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How Baby Sailfish Migrate GORDON PASS CAMP, IHC. CHALLENGER'S KEY BOKEFISH This new, exciting addition to the "finest in fiberglass" line was designed for the needs of the master fisherman A "wide open" boat with fighting space from stem to stern recessed forward deck for casting Storage space hnilt fnr nptfnrmanrft second year. Sails larger than this are probably (hree or more years old. Another question concerns the diet of small sailfish. From a study of stomach contents carried out by The Marine Laboratory for the Florida Slate Board of Conservation, it has been found that a sailfish begins to eat small fish when it reaches a length of about one inch.

Prior to this it eats some crustaceans and other forms of plankton. The diet changes as the sailfish increases in size. The larger the sailfish the larger are the animals eaten. It was found that sailfish will feed on almost any fish that occurs in bait quantity. Fish comprise a large portion (80) of food of sailfish.

The remainder is made up of ccphalopods (octopods and squids). The family Scrombri-dae (mackerel and tuna) represent the majority of (he food fish. Second in importance is the family Carangidae (jacks). It was interesting to note that mullet (Mugilidae) which are believed to be the best sailfish bait, represented a very minor ffaction of the sailfish's diet. A QUESTION FREQUENTLY sent in to the UM Marine Laboratory concerns the occurrence of small sailfish.

Anglers and charter boat captains wonder why sails of three to four feet, which are caught in large numbers in November and December, disappear in January. According to Oil Voss of The Marine Laboratory, these sails are the product of the previous summers spawning. The young sailfish are carried northward by the Gulf Stream until (hey reach a size large enough (3 to 4 inches) to permit them to swim freely. Many small sailfish (15 inches) are caught in the nets of fishermen off the Carolina coast. The sailfish turn southward when (he cold northerlies occur and on (heir arrival there is a "run" of small sails, after which they disperse and are then only occasionally caught unlil (hey mature.

Growth in the first year is very rapid and the average sailfish will probably attain a length of six feet. After the first year, growth slows down with the fish eventually reaching a length of seven to seven and one half feel in the See our d'nploy mud let ul demonstrate thit ncepti'onof croft or you. THE FINEST IN fy Catching Fish From Itritlges W. WI IVI IIIUIIWV 4 anrf Mfptw FIBERGLASS NORTH MIAMI, FLORIDA (WWOtAFT SM SHOT IVIHKJM WOTOit maiini mfaiu funn yao noiw Everglades Bridge' Docking ma 32 7l SSSOI BISCAVNB BOULIVARO UMOIM I01TJ nkcinj ioats mum mamwam Everglades Small Boat Dock Western Gateway To The Shark River Fishing and Boating Country (Continued from page 6) bridges, though, is the one employed by the seeker after moon-fish. He hangs a gas lantern close to the water at night and lures a band of tiny pilochers.

Then wiih either pilchers or small live shrimp caught in a dipnet, he entices the silvery, platter-shaped moonfish which flicker and turn at the edge of the lantern's glow. Perhaps the least known corner of all is paradoxically in the plainest view. It lies only a couple of blocks from the center of a downtown Miami, passed over by thou "First Stop Over The Guide Service Boat Launching and CABINS-TRAILER SPACES SHELLING SWIMMING TACKLE BOATING Guli and River Fishing At The Gateway To The 10,000 ISLANDS 3 Miles South of Noples, Flo. Box 1187 Phone Midway 2-1311 NAPLES, FLA. On the Tamiomi Trait erf Junction af Route 92 to Morce ROYAL PALM HAMMOCK 17 Mi.

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