Lurking by mangroves,
\nthe snapper explains his name
\nto shrimp and fingers.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Vegetarian
\nmullet eats no other fish,
\nand yet is eaten.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Fearsome fangs belie
\nthe graceful delicacy
\nof spotted sea trout.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Beloved of snook,
\nannoyer of bait fishers:
\nThe humble pinfish.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A patch of bottom
\ncomes loose, grows fins, gills and teeth,
\nbites the unwary.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
A cruising tarpon
\nsucks in what appeared to be
\none misguided shrimp.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Fiddler crabs will tempt
\nbanded bandit by pilings;
\nbarnacles are saved!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Finny bayonets
\nslashing in the morning sun:
\nspanish mackerel!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Flash, swirl, strike and run:
\nscalloped silver, pink and white
\nredfish at sunset.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Pilchards flock in green;
\nsuddenly a snook attacks:
\nshowers of silver!<\/p>\n
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