﻿MANUAL 
  OF 
  FISH-CULTURE. 
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  The 
  calico 
  bass 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  strawberry 
  bass, 
  grass 
  bass, 
  

   bitter-head, 
  barfish, 
  himplighter, 
  goggle-eye, 
  goggle 
  eye 
  perch, 
  s[)eckled 
  

   perch, 
  aud 
  speckled 
  trout. 
  The 
  crappie 
  is 
  known 
  in 
  its 
  native 
  waters 
  

   ascrappie, 
  new 
  light, 
  cami^bellite, 
  saca-lait, 
  bachelor, 
  chinquapin 
  perch, 
  

   croppie, 
  and 
  cropet. 
  On 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  similarity 
  of 
  the 
  calico 
  bass 
  

   and 
  crappie, 
  anglers 
  aud 
  fish-culturists 
  have 
  frequently 
  confounded 
  

   the 
  two, 
  the 
  common 
  and 
  local 
  names 
  often 
  being 
  used 
  interchangeably 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  regions 
  to 
  which 
  both 
  are 
  native. 
  

  

  Possibly 
  no 
  common 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  bass 
  is 
  more 
  appropriate 
  than 
  

   "jumper," 
  which 
  is 
  applied 
  in 
  certain 
  parts 
  of 
  Kentucky. 
  Tliat 
  both 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  black 
  bass 
  are 
  jumpers 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  to 
  every 
  angler, 
  

   but 
  it 
  is 
  better 
  understood 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  have 
  had 
  occasion 
  to 
  collect 
  

   these 
  fishes 
  by 
  seining. 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  impossible 
  to 
  capture 
  them 
  with 
  a 
  

   seine 
  rigged 
  in 
  the 
  ordinary 
  manner, 
  especially 
  when 
  the 
  fish 
  have 
  the 
  

   vitality 
  and 
  activity 
  which 
  is 
  usual 
  when 
  living 
  in 
  water 
  of 
  moderate 
  

   temperature. 
  Like 
  other 
  fishes, 
  they 
  lose 
  in 
  strength 
  and 
  activity 
  

   when 
  they 
  inhabit 
  warmer 
  waters. 
  While 
  the 
  black 
  bass 
  of 
  the 
  colder 
  

   northern 
  waters 
  make 
  a 
  fight 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  salmon, 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  

   from 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  south 
  with 
  hardly 
  a 
  struggle. 
  In 
  seining 
  for 
  

   brood 
  stock 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  to 
  employ 
  a 
  seine 
  about 
  three 
  times 
  the 
  de])th 
  of 
  

   the 
  water, 
  as 
  the 
  bagging 
  or 
  bellying 
  of 
  a 
  seine 
  so 
  rigged 
  confuses 
  the 
  

   fish 
  and 
  deters 
  them 
  from 
  jumping. 
  

  

  On 
  one 
  occasion, 
  when 
  collecting 
  black 
  bass 
  on 
  the 
  Holston 
  River, 
  

   advantage 
  was 
  taken 
  of 
  their 
  jumping 
  habits 
  to 
  effect 
  their 
  capture. 
  

   A 
  flatboat 
  12 
  feet 
  wide 
  and 
  50 
  feet 
  long 
  was 
  procured 
  and 
  in 
  suitable 
  

   places 
  was 
  rapidly 
  poled 
  broadside 
  from 
  one 
  bank 
  to 
  the 
  other. 
  As 
  it 
  

   approached 
  the 
  further 
  shore 
  the 
  bass 
  would 
  leap 
  from 
  the 
  stream 
  and 
  

   frequently 
  land 
  in 
  the 
  boat, 
  the 
  gunwale 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  cut 
  down 
  to 
  

   within 
  4 
  inches 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  One 
  bass 
  was 
  seen 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  entire 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  boat, 
  making 
  a 
  horizontal 
  jump 
  of 
  14 
  feet. 
  

  

  A 
  marked 
  characteristic 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  bass 
  is 
  their 
  habit 
  of 
  settling 
  

   down 
  in 
  dense, 
  compact 
  masses, 
  resembling 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  bees, 
  which 
  is 
  

   especially 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  in 
  cold 
  weather. 
  They 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  

   pugnacious, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  seem 
  to 
  take 
  the 
  hook 
  rather 
  on 
  this 
  

   account 
  than 
  from 
  a 
  desire 
  for 
  food. 
  They 
  are 
  well 
  adapted 
  for 
  jiond- 
  

   culture, 
  and 
  under 
  proper 
  conditions 
  will 
  repay 
  the 
  culturist 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  

   crop 
  of 
  young 
  with 
  the 
  expenditure 
  of 
  very 
  little 
  labor 
  and 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  calico 
  bass 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  game 
  fighter, 
  and 
  its 
  firm, 
  white 
  flesh 
  has 
  

   a 
  fine 
  flavor 
  when 
  the 
  fish 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  cool, 
  pure 
  waters; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   very 
  delicate 
  fish 
  to 
  artificially 
  propagate. 
  It 
  seems 
  to 
  resent 
  captivity, 
  

   and 
  especially 
  when 
  taken 
  from 
  warm 
  waters 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  tender, 
  

   quick 
  to 
  yield 
  to 
  attacks 
  of 
  fungus, 
  and 
  liable 
  to 
  become 
  blind 
  and 
  die. 
  

   Of 
  large 
  numbers 
  collected 
  and 
  transplanted 
  in 
  new 
  waters 
  many 
  have 
  

   died 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  after 
  being 
  deposited. 
  

  

  The 
  spawning 
  and 
  breeding 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  calico 
  bass 
  and 
  the 
  crappie 
  

   are 
  so 
  nearly 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  rock 
  bass 
  that 
  special 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  

   subject 
  do 
  not 
  apjiear 
  necessary. 
  

  

  F. 
  C. 
  R. 
  1897 
  U 
  

  

  