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allied to the black bass than any other fish, of that family. It 

 will take fly well, takes almost any kind of bait, and is an excel- 

 lent table fish. The blue gill exists from Canada to Florida — is 

 another good fish and grows as large and round as a breakfast 

 plate. It has a smaller mouth, will take the fly and is pretty 

 gamey. Both the northern and southern crappies — the calico 

 bass of the north, and the newliglit of the south, are excellent 

 pond fish. I do not know that they are excelled by any fish for 

 ponds. All through Kentucky and portions of Ohio they exist 

 naturally and have been transplanted to other ponds and always 

 do well, and furnish a great deal of good food and fine sport. 



Mr. Titcomb : For the information of those who may not 

 understand about it, I would say that the Federal Commission 

 propagates and distributes all of ihese species of pond fishes that 

 have been mentioned. I will ask Dr. Bean about the wall-eyed 

 pike and Jack salmon in the artificial ponds : how small a pond 

 can the Jack salmon be grown in? 



Mr. Bean : Mr. Schlosser's ponds were large wide ponds and 

 very deep in some parts — ^^they had twenty odd feet of water in 

 some places. 



Mr. Titcomb : What area ? 



Dr. Bean : Oh they were from two to five or six acres. 1 was 

 surprised to find Jack salmon in those waters, but there was a 

 fine water supply — in some i)arts from springs, Init largely from 

 surface water also. 



Mr. Titcomb: Did the Jack salmon reach a good size in 

 those small ponds? 



Mr. Bean : Yes, sir, three, four and five pound fish. 



Mr. Titcomb : Was there any quantity of them ? 



Dr. Bean : Yes, we had a lot of them. It was a surprise to 

 me, and I think I reported upon it at the time in the Commis- 

 sion reports for about 1888 — I know I did — because those things 

 always caught my eye. If there were fish around that were good 

 and I thought the people ought to know about them, I always 

 reported them. 



Mr. Titcoml) : It is interesting to know that we can raise 

 Jack salmon in small artificial ponds. 



Dr. Ilenshall : Tlie Jack salmon or wall-eyed pike is native 

 to the upper Ohio and requires rather deep water, but the ])ond> 



