Second Chances

Where we are

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  South Point (abandoned post office) — Matt's spot. The snook, the smugglers' meeting, the sleeping-bag night. (The real Smallwood Store sits at Chokoloskee's south tip.)

Every place in the book, painted →

Fish in this chapter

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  Common snook Fishing royalty. The black lateral stripe is the tell-tale. Matt's 36-inch, 20-pound monster at South Point… Ch. 1Ch. 2Ch. 4Ch. 5 +2
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  Striped mullet The baitfish the Bagley Mullet lure imitates. Mullet 'splashing in the current' is part of the Everglades… Ch. 4Ch. 5Ch. 6Ch. 15

Crew in this chapter

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  Matthew 'Matt' Creek protagonist Ch. 1
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  Daniel Walter Panther Jr. ('Uncle Dan') Matt's uncle, charter captain Ch. 1

From the tackle box

Bagley Mullet lure

Dan's black-and-silver mullet imitation that 'glistens in the moonlight.' The lure that caught the South Point snook.

Reviving a fish

Hold it upright and move it back and forth so water passes over the gills until the tail kicks. Done for the snook and for Old Scarface.

Thirty-pound test

Line strength rated to hold thirty pounds before breaking.