130 Thirtieth Annual Meeting 



l)laek bass were taken from a place in a pond where there is no 

 gravel, but a bhiek loam mud runnini;- from twelve to twenty 

 inches deep. 



]\Ir. Pealjody : Is it your conviction that the large-mouthed 

 hass do not protect their spawn or young? 



Mr. Lydell : I say they do, unless a large number of other 

 fish drive them away. They will give up easier than the small- 

 mouthed bass, but they will stay with their fry longer than the 

 small-mouthed bass. I have had them guarding their fry until 

 they were one and a quarter inches long, and unless the water 

 hecomes very roiiv they will not desert their fry, but if it does 

 hecome roily they will. 



Mr. Nevin: I saw hundreds of them spawn this year and not 

 one of them protected their spawn at all. The large-mouthed 

 l)ass do not protect their young but the small-mouthed bass will. 



Mr. Lydell : ^A^e had some large-mouthed bass that spawned 

 and deserted their spawn in a couple of days, but on examination 

 we found that the eggs were blasted, and the bass \indoul:)tedly 

 knew that. 



Mr. Nevin : What percentage of eggs do you find impreg- 

 nated among bass ? 



Mr. Lydell : I think close to ninety-five per cent., when they 

 •do fertilize, is fertilized, among large-mouthed bass. 



Mr. Nevin: How much among the small-mouthed l)ass? 



Mr. Lydell : The small-mouthed bass, some of them nearly 

 100 per cent., and I have had them fertilize as low as ten per 

 cent. 



Mr. Nevin : Witb our l)eds this spring they did not impreg- 

 nate forty per cent. 



Mr. Lydell: I have had that same condition. 



Mr. Bower: I think it was stated at the last meeting that 

 carp brought ten to twelve cents a ])oun(l. I would like some fur- 

 ther information on that point. 



Mr. Teabody: The statement has been made that during 

 the season cai'p lias l)rought twenty-five cents per pound. 



Mr. Bower: On Lake Kiie in tlie month of June they get 

 down as low as $10 a ton. That is all the fishermen get out of 

 them. 1 have clippings here that show that statement to be true. 

 They have hard work to fiiul a market for them at $10 a ton. Is 



