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and locked prevents the depredations of night prowlers and eliminates 

 all loss of fish caused by their jumping proclivities. Such a car may be 

 easily floated to any part of the pond. 



How soon after stocking may the pond he fished f 



How soon after stocking may the pond be fished is a question that will 

 occur to all, and one that cannot be definitely answered. It will depend 

 on the growth of the fish, which, as has already been stated, is uncertain. 

 A few individuals of all food species, particularly perch and black bass, 

 may be large enough to catch at the end of the second summer, but the 

 average fish will require three simimers at least before it is fit for the table. 

 If it is desired to make a catch toward the end of the second simimer, 

 the trap or the seine should always be employed. Hook and line fishing 

 should be indulged in only after the third season, when the larger fishes 

 are in the majority. 



After a pond has been in operation for three or four years, there will 

 be a few overgrown fishes lying in the deeper water. Every effort should 

 be made to remove these, for they are very destructive. A few bass 

 weighing three or four pounds each, will eat up practically every other 

 living fish in the pond, including even the adult shiners and many of the 

 adult goldfish. If all other methods of catching them fail, the pond 

 should be drained; whereupon the obnoxious fish can be removed from 

 the pond kettle. 



Pond draining should take place in the fall or the early spring. The 

 vegetation will give the least trouble at the latter time, and on account 

 of the high water the pond can be more quickly refilled. Draining in 

 simimer would undoubtedly disturb the breeding of many fishes and would 

 mean the almost complete loss of food animals and very young fishes. 



SOME USEFUL WORKS ON FISH CULTURE 



A manual of fish-culture. U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. 

 Revised edition. 1900. 



Separate chapters only now available. A standard work detailing the methods 

 employed in the national hatcheries. 



Modem fish culture in fresh and salt water. Fred Mather. 1900. 



Fish culture in ponds and other inland waters. William E. Meehan. 



1913- 

 Domesticated trout. Livingston Stone. Sixth edition. 1901. 



A classic work of international reputation giving the minute details of trout culture. ' 

 An angler's paradise and how to obtain it. J. J. Armistead. 1895. 



The most important British work on trout culture. 



