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Paet II. — Pond Fish — continued. 

 The Black Bass — continued. paqk 



A Hardy Pish 46 



Food Habits of Fish Generally •. 46 



Food and Food Habits of the Black Bass. 47 



Kind and Quantity of Food Eaten 48 



Black Bass a Great Favorite 49 



Black Bass in Ponds 50 



Objections to Black Bass as a Pond Fish 50 



The Ceappies: 



A Native Kansas Fish 54 • 



Two Species of Crappie 54 



The White Crappie 54 



Color of White Crappie 54 



How to Distinguish White Crappie 55- 



Habitat of White Crappie 55 



Old River Bed Ponds 55 



The Black Crappie or Calico Bass 55 



Comparative Size 56 



Color of the Black Crappie 56 



Habitat of the Black Crappie. 56 



Spawning Habits 57 



Food Habits ♦ 57 



The Crappie as a Game Fish 58 



Where Fishermen Find Crappie 59 



Crappie as Food Fishes 59 



Crappies Good Pond Fishes 59 



The Sunfishes: 



The Common Sunfishes 64 



"Fishing for Sunfish 65- 



Lake View Sunfish 66 



Sunfish for Ponds 68 



Pood Habits 69 



Sunfish Reared with Other Pish 69 



Good Table Fish 70 



The Catfishes: 



Distribution and General History 75 



The Name "Catfish" 76 



The Big Blue Cat 76 



The Big Muddy or Yellow Cat 77 



The Channel Cat 77 



A Good Pood Pish 78 



Food Habits of the Channel Cat 78 



A Fish Not Adapted to Pond Culture 78 



A Good Pish for Kansas Streams 79 



Save the Young and Eat the Old Pish 79 



The Spotted Channel Cat as a Game Fish 79 



Fishing for Channel Cats 80 



Baits for Channel Cats 80 



The Common Bullhead or Horn Pout 81 



Kinds and Habitat 81 



The Bullhead as a Pood Fish 82 



A Good Pond Fish 82 



Pood Habits 82 



Fishing for Bullheads 83 



Uncle Jake's Philosophy 83 



The Bullhead as a Game Fish 84 



Preparing Pish for Cooking 85 



