November, 1954 
BENNETT: LarRGEMOUTH Bass IN Ripcr LAKE 
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Table 16.—Rate of catch (by weight) of largemouth bass at Ridge Lake during first 5 
days of public fishing in 1942, 1944, 1947, and 1949 when fish population was entirely or 
principally bass. The season of 1945 was omitted because fishermen were relatively few 
during the first week and the lake was turbid until late in the week. 
Rate or Carcu, Pounps per Man-Hour or FisuHinc 
FisH1nG SEASON First Day | Second Day | Third Day | Fourth Day | Fifth Day 
A.M. | P.M. | A.M. | P.M. | A.M. | P.M. | A.M. | P.M. | A.M. | P.M. 
WRT ces (skcyine% = eae de O52 00.16) 0221 On 2 O16. 007 |) 0.12" |) O02" | O04 | 0804 
ea ak AG eerie ee Se 0.39 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.29 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.05 | 0.04 
LOAN 6.6 Sa eS ee 0.61 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 0.03 
OO) oe ne On a 0.73 | 0.32 | 0.09 | 0.28 | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.19 | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.15 
ANSE ETO Sf Ai Rene a 0.55 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.07 
coupled with an unusually small number 
of fishermen, made the catch rate for that 
year appear to be abnormal. 
From table 16 it is evident that the 
rate of catch of bass in the afternoon 
period of the first day in each of the 4+ 
0.8 
0.6 
years was less than one-half that in the 
morning period. In 3 of the 4 years there 
was a slight recovery in the morning of 
the second day, but the rate of catch on 
the third day (except in 1944) dropped to 
a level that was less than one-third that 
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IST DAY 2ND DAY 3RD DAY 4TH DAY 5TH DAY 
Fig. 15.—Rate of catch (pounds per man-hour) of largemouth bass at Ridge Lake during 
the first week of public fishing in each of the years 1942, 1944, 1947, and 1949, and the average 
rate of catch for all of these years. 
