ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 93 
LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. 
done, if nécessary, with ordinary fishing-tackle. For transporta- 
tion a couple of milk cans of the pattern used by dairymen will 
be most convenient and the cans will be almost indispensable in 
handling the fishes from the pond later on. 
The fishes need not be injured by the hook, if they are unhooked 
carefully, and they will stand the trip in wagon or baggage car 
very well, if they are not crowded, and the temperature of the 
water is kept down with a little ice. A net over the top of the 
can is better than a close cover unless the latter be well punctured. 
Ice must be used sparingly and should be placed on the net cover 
—not in the water. 
If a fisherman, who has a seine, can be hired, so much the 
better for the fish. The fishes wanted may very likely be found in 
one’s own neighborhood, and it may only be necessary to subsi- 
dize the barefoot boy, who won't take long to find some stock for 
the pond. Beware, however, of the common sunfish, which is 
usually too small to be worth saving and becomes a positive an- 
noyance when one is angling for something larger. Other species 
which it is well to avoid are the pike and pickerel on account of 
their voracity and destructiveness to other species. 
Practice teaches one rapidly, but it is unwise to try to get 
along without study when helpful books may be had. If fish 
raising is to be merely a passing fancy it is just as well not to 
