Table l5:--The age, length at capture, and number of black crappies 

 recovered from area B in I9I46 and 19^9. 



White crappie;--In 1948 the age-group 

 composition of the white crappie was character- 

 ized by the relatively high number of age group 

 III fish and by the scarcity of young-of -the -year 

 fish (Table 16). The latter deficiency cannot be 

 explained on the basis of poor recovery since 

 a large sample of fingerling crappies was col- 

 lected and closely examined to separate the 

 two species. Age groups I through III were 

 well represented but only one specimen of age 

 group IV was recovered. The corresponding 

 numbers for 1949 were quite different. Age 

 group was well represented in that year but 

 fish of age group II and over were relatively 

 scarce. The apparent weakness of the 1948 

 year class indicated by the 1948 collection 



was not borne out by the 1949 results. In the 

 latter collection the 1948 year class (age group 

 I) was strongly represented. The largest fish 

 In the combined collections was 12.8 inches in 

 length . 



White bass; --Natural reproduction of white 

 bass was very successful in 1948 but only one 

 specimen of age group was collected in 1949 

 (Table 17). This scarcity in the latter year may 

 be indicative of a tendency of white bass to move 

 out of backwater areas with advancing size. 

 Evidence of natural reproduction was also lack- 

 ing in the 1951 and 1952 samples collected later 

 in the year than that of 1948 and fish of older age 

 groups were not prominent in any of the four 



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