112 WHITE BASS, SOMETIMES CALLED WHITE PERCH. 



This fish would thrive well in artificial ponds 

 of moderate size. They would not require treat- 

 ment difi'ering in any particular from the two 

 preceding species. I would remark here, that 

 there should be in some part of the pond a shoal, 

 gravelly bottom for them to deposit their eggs 

 in. This arrangement is necessary for all the 

 fishes described by me in this series, excepting 

 the Brook Trout. It would also be well to place 

 in the same pond with these voracious fishes, 

 the fish known as the chub or dace, which are 

 prolific, their offspring affording an abundance of 

 food for the large fish. 



The White Bass spawns in the month of May. 

 The treatment of their eggs and young fish, should 

 be the same as in the preceding species. 



THE BEST METHODS OF ANGLING. 



Very little skill is required in taking this fish. 

 He is a greedy biter, taking the live or dead 

 minnow eagerly, and at certain seasons will take 

 the artificial fly, or even a piece of red and 

 white rag fastened to the hook. 



