ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 107 
WHITE BASS. 
Pounds. Value. 
PIANC om lenaSS acoso os stcnsence em epee ane el 1,939,571 $150,471 
Naso MP CECIL Spee arta vet ote FO7l. 220 181,504 
Wither enele mias2 asso sity ao stents 1,397,300 161,188 
Crappie and Strawberry Bass...... 2,686,230 TOL, 22 
Swish (all kands)i neces wacde tae < 2,094,940 52,846 
CathishmeetllPkaadS \on sore take owl Ss 13,103,706 534,425 
A Opal Papen Oran tA eee siars here 28,292,979 $1,141,556 
The Large-Mouthed Black Bass, (Micropterus salmoides). This 
species is one of the best for ponds. It grows faster and larger 
than the small-mouthed black bass, and will take the hook in 
winter when the latter will not. It is easier to cultivate and will 
thrive in warmer and more sluggish waters. While not so gamy, 
it can be depended upon, under ordinary favorable conditions, to 
furnish a good supply of fish-food for the table. Spawning as it 
does among the roots of water plants, a gravelly bottom is not 
essential unless other species are kept with it. In the south it 
reaches its greatest development, Florida specimens sometimes 
exceeding twenty pounds. In the north its average weight 1s 
less than four pounds. 
The Small-Mouthed Black Bass, (Micropterus dolomieu) is 
generally considered the pluckiest of game fishes. If sport with 
