128 Thirtieth Annual Meeting 



a paper on it if anyone has an opportunit}' to study into the suh- 

 ject, namely : 



"The cause for variation in color of flesh of speckled trout 

 from any given body of water." 



Of course the general variation relates to different bodies of 

 water, but frequently you can take fish right out of the same 

 pool, or without moving your boat from a certain spot, which 

 have a distinctly white meat, a light pink meat, and a rich sal- 

 mon colored flesh. The general answer ordinarily given to that 

 question is "food and environment," but it does not answer the 

 question when you can take those fish with three colors of flesh 

 out of a space ten feet in diameter. 



]\[r. Peal)ody : ^l\\ Lydell is a specialist in bass culture and 

 I have had the question asked me and the statement made boldly 

 that the large mouthed bass cast their spawn in the weeds and 

 against the weeds, and do not make a bed like the small mouthed 

 bass ; and if that question can be answered authoritatively, I 

 think it would be a source of satisfaction to a great many who 

 are interested in bass culture and in bass fishing. 



Mr. Lydell : This last season our l^ig mouth bass spawned on 

 several different kinds of beds, but in no instance have I known 

 them to spawn without first cleaning away the vegetation and 

 getting to the roots oi the weeds. Some of their eggs were found 

 on the weeds adjoining the beds cleaned off. This year they also 

 spawned on prepared gravel beds, and on other artificial beds 

 having various materials on the surface and iml)edded in the 

 cement mixture of which the beds were made, such as Spanish 

 moss, cocoanut shreds, sea grass and excelsior. 



The President : But where is the natural spawning bed of 

 the wild l)ig-mouthed bass? 



Mr. Lydell: It seems to be on roots of the different weeds 

 that grow in the lakes around the shores. The bass there also 

 spawned on roots and bark that were in the bottom of the pond, 

 and also on lily roots in the pond that is prepared at that station 

 for large-mouthed bass. This pond had been set out to pond 

 lilies, and they cleaned the roots off under the lilies and spawned 

 on them. So I say T think the large-mouthed bass will spawn on 

 most anvthinir. but thev luvfer the grass roots. 



