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1)0011 alilo to catoh siiiall-iuoutli hass tlirout;ii tlie ice in winter, 

 altliough I have hoard of tlioni being so caught. Some were said 

 to have Ijoon canght through the ice at Kahnnazoo, but the fish 

 proved to l)o tlio kirge-niouth bass. 



Dr. Bean : I can add something on tlio subject of bhick 

 bass, because I have had tliem under observation in aquaria 

 for some 3-ears at a time, and wliat I saw there partly corroljo- 

 ratos Mr. Lvdell's studios and partly differs from them. But we 

 must liear in mind the fact that an aquarium is a different body 

 of water from a pond, because the tomporaturo is more or less 

 under the control of the people in charge. I have seen the bass 

 of both species take live minnows in the winter, Imt not often. 

 Of course it is quite an advantage to have a fish Ijofore your eyes 

 and to see what he does. We noted in the Xew York aquarium 

 that the bass for the most part were dormant, but occasionally, 

 whether it was because there was a little accession of temper- 

 ature or not I do not know, they would rush at a live minnow 

 and take it in just as lively a manner as at any otlier time during 

 the year. 



]\[r. Palmer: At Jackson, Michigan, last winter. I know of 

 twelve or fourteen arrests made for catching bass through the 

 ice. I saw the bass and got them — and know it was done. 



Mr. Lydell : Were they large or small-mouth Ijass ? 



Mr. Palmer : They were considered small-mouth, luit since 

 the trial at Three Bivers I am f)-ank to say tliat I woidd not like 

 to stake my reputation on it. 



