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Mr. Kopplin : No, I have not. 



Mr. Meehan : What was your output last year? 



Mr. Kopplin: 70,000 to 80,000 fish, but a good many of them were 

 distributed in the fry form. 



Mr. Meehan: Let me understand your expression of the word fry. 

 What do you mean by that? 



Mr. KorPLiN : The fry are those little fellows. 



Mr. Meehan: Less than an inch long where the sac is gone — 

 advanced fry? 



Mr. Kopplin: Yes, about an inch long. Those fish out there were 

 batched about the middle of May, and by the 27th of the month you 

 would find fish there an inch long. 



Mr. Meehan: Was that 80,000 you put out last year the average 

 annual output from that pond? 



Mr. Kopplin: No, we have put out more than that from time to 

 time, but it just depends with us on how the fish commissioners feel 

 about the distribution. If they want me to hold the fish over until 

 fall, we do not get that number. 



Mr. Meehan : How many have you put out from that pi ind this year? 



Mr. Kopplin: We made two trips with the fish car, and have taken 

 out already about 50,000 fish. 



Mr. Meehan: What is your estimate of the number there now? 



Mr. Kopplin : About 40,000, that is as close as we can approximate. 



Mr. Meehan: What is the greatest number you have put out from 

 that pond in one season? 



Mr. Kopplix : As most of these gentlemen who have had experience 

 with young bass know, when they are swarming you can put out about 

 the numbers you want. We have put out as high as 450. DUO fish. 



Mr. Meeiiax : And those, of course, were nearly all advanced fry? 



Mr. Kopplin: They were all fry and advanced fry. They were 

 distributed within a month after hatching. 



Mr. Meehan: You have never had anything, of course, but the 

 large-mouth bass there? 



Mr. Kopplin: Some of the small-mouth have spawned there, bul 

 we never tried them to any great extent. I have just put the small 

 mouth in one of the small ponds to see how they will do. but we 

 have never had much in the way of results, because our smaller lakes 

 are not good bass lakes. 



Mr. Meehan: Have you ever tried the experiment of having more 

 females in the pond than just exact pairs? 



Mr. Kopplin: No, we always tried to pair them off as nearly as 

 possible. 



Mr. Meehan: You have tried, say, three to two? 



Mr. Kopplin : No. 



Mr. Meehan: You think they all paired up? 



Mr. Kopplin: Well, no, they did not; 1 saw quite a few loafers. 



Mr. R. S. Johnson. Washington. 1). ('. : I would like to ask if the 

 bass distributed were counted or estimated? 



