A 3.1 pound bass and its captor. The fish was capght at Ridge Lake in 1949. 



The 126-fishermen varied in the number of short trips taken from 2 to 102 for the 

 1949 season; the average for all was 24.78. This group probably was unusual in the high 

 average number of fishing trips, which made the amortized cost of equipment per trip very- 

 low, $1.59: 



39.40 



24.78 



= $1.59 



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