4 INLAND riSHEKIES, 



it Avill prove a valuable addition to tlie inland fislieries of the 

 State. 



A body of water located within the town of Westerly, has been 

 set ai3art for this purpose with the consent of the Town Council, 

 and will be used exclusively for the cultivation of this variet}^ of 

 game and table fish. Tavo consig-nments of fish have already been 

 received and planted in this preserve ; one, August 4th, of six 

 hundred (600) and one, November 4th, of fifteen hundred (1,500) 

 both from United States Fish Commission. 



In from tAvo to three years these fish will have increased 

 sufficiently to enable the Commission to commence the work of 

 stocking many of the ponds and rivers of the State. 



The large mouthed bass is native to the Great Lakes, the rivers 

 of the Mississippi basin, and nearly all the waters of the Southern 

 States. 



In New England it is comparatively unknown, the small mouthed 

 being perhaps better adapted to the clear cold waters of most of 

 our lakes and ponds and has consequently received more atten- 

 tion. 



There are however in this State many waters that are better 

 adapted to the large mouth species, for instance, in large shallow 

 ponds or lakes of comparatively high temperature and in rivers 

 with sluggish current and muddy bottom, also in rivers that are 

 somewhat polluted by refuse from mills, etc. It is this class of 

 waters particularly that the Commission hopes to largely benefit by 

 the introduction of this species. 



As a food fish the large mouth bass rank among the first of the 

 fresh water fishes; its flesh being firm and white, and when 

 properly cooked, tender and juicy. 



As a game fish it is fully equal to its relative the small mouth, 

 when taken in the same waters and under same conditions. And 

 upon good authority it can be claimed that it is a much more 

 ready biter, rising freely to the surface of the water for natural 

 bait or artificial fly. The small mouth, on the contrary, as many 



