﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  143 
  

  

  ^Miile 
  both 
  species 
  of 
  crappie 
  have 
  been 
  obtained, 
  the 
  strawberry- 
  

   bass 
  [Pomoxu 
  sparoiflcs) 
  is 
  as 
  yet 
  couii)aratively 
  rare. 
  Tlie 
  largest 
  

   specimens 
  have 
  been 
  abont 
  10 
  inches 
  long-, 
  while 
  a 
  groat 
  many 
  have 
  

   been 
  G 
  to 
  7 
  inches 
  long; 
  those 
  only 
  3 
  or 
  4 
  inches 
  long 
  are 
  common, 
  

   plainly 
  indicating 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  have 
  spawned. 
  By 
  local 
  fishermen 
  

   the 
  fish 
  are 
  called 
  crappies, 
  strawberry 
  bass, 
  and 
  strawberry 
  perch. 
  

  

  Black 
  bans. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  few 
  years 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  i)lauts 
  of 
  large- 
  

   month 
  black 
  bass 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Commission 
  in 
  the 
  Potomac 
  

   Kiver 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  tlie 
  eft'ects 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  marked. 
  In 
  

   189G 
  bass 
  were 
  more 
  abundant 
  and 
  taken 
  in 
  larger 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  

   Potomac 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Washington 
  than 
  ever 
  before. 
  They 
  

   are 
  found 
  as 
  far 
  down 
  the 
  Potomac 
  as 
  Mattaworaan 
  Creek, 
  25 
  miles 
  

   below 
  Washington, 
  and 
  are 
  especially 
  numerous 
  in 
  Little 
  Piver, 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  crappies. 
  During 
  tlie 
  fall 
  of 
  189G, 
  the 
  

   fisherman 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  took 
  noteworthy 
  quantities 
  of 
  bass 
  for 
  mar- 
  

   ket. 
  One 
  fisherman 
  secured 
  150 
  pounds 
  of 
  bass 
  at 
  one 
  haul 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   seine 
  in 
  Piscataway 
  Creek. 
  Many 
  bass 
  of 
  large 
  size 
  were 
  caught 
  by 
  

   boys 
  around 
  Washington, 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1896 
  it 
  was 
  no 
  

   uncommon 
  sight 
  to 
  see 
  boys 
  and 
  men 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  streets 
  of 
  

   the 
  city 
  with 
  long 
  strings 
  of 
  bass 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  Long 
  

   Bridge 
  and 
  elsewhere. 
  In 
  making 
  collections 
  of 
  fishes 
  for 
  the 
  aquarium 
  

   at 
  Central 
  Station, 
  Mr. 
  Harron 
  seined 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  bass 
  of 
  all 
  sizes 
  

   ill 
  the 
  vi(;inity 
  of 
  Washington. 
  On 
  November 
  11, 
  189<;, 
  in 
  nine 
  hauls 
  of 
  

   a 
  150.foot 
  seine 
  in 
  Little 
  River, 
  near 
  the 
  Aqueduct 
  Bridge, 
  200 
  large- 
  

   mouth 
  bass, 
  from 
  G 
  to 
  8 
  inches 
  long, 
  were 
  taken. 
  

  

  As 
  an 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  magnitude 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  that 
  may 
  accrue 
  

   from 
  comparatively 
  small 
  plants 
  of 
  bass 
  in 
  suitable 
  Avaters, 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  is 
  quoted 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  the 
  Tanning 
  Extract 
  Cojn])any, 
  of 
  

   Deraing, 
  N. 
  Mex. 
  : 
  

  

  Two 
  years 
  ago 
  you 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  ns 
  about 
  three 
  dozen 
  small 
  black 
  bass 
  from 
  

   Quincy, 
  111., 
  for 
  our 
  pond. 
  They 
  have 
  done 
  well, 
  and 
  now 
  ( 
  1896) 
  we 
  have 
  thousands 
  

   from 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  long, 
  spawned 
  this 
  season. 
  Should 
  you 
  have 
  applications 
  for 
  

   stock 
  from 
  this 
  vicinity 
  we 
  will 
  be 
  glad 
  to 
  supply 
  them 
  free 
  of 
  any 
  charge 
  and 
  will 
  

   publish 
  a 
  notice 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  here 
  to 
  tliat 
  eifect. 
  

  

  MISCELLANEOUS 
  MATTERS. 
  

  

  Reports 
  issued. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  several 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  relat- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  the 
  commercial 
  aspects 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  and 
  based 
  on 
  original 
  

   field 
  in(|uiries 
  were 
  printed. 
  

  

  A 
  paper* 
  by 
  JNIr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox 
  on 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  States 
  

   represents 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  investigations 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  lSi)2 
  

   and 
  1893, 
  which 
  were 
  outlined 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  

   for 
  1893. 
  

  

  The 
  special 
  inquiries 
  regarding 
  the 
  menhaden 
  fishery, 
  fully 
  outlined 
  

  

  "The 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Pacillc 
  Coast. 
  Rcpt. 
  V. 
  S. 
  Fisli 
  Com. 
  189,'!, 
  pj). 
  139-SOI, 
  

   pi. 
  1-14. 
  

  

  