134 Thirty- Second Annual Meeting 



water plants and apparently full of insect life. This was rather 

 an extravagant experiment, but the result of the combined expei.- 

 iments shows conclusively that young black bass should not h?. 

 transferred from brood ponds during the fry stage. During my 

 feeding of the small fish I tried maggots which were readily 

 taken. 



When transferring young fish not only should great care be 

 exercised but very soft material should be used in making the 

 seine. I find bobbinet in every way satisfactory. I get two bolti>, 

 twelve yards to the bolt and three yards wide. This I rig into 

 a seine nine by sixty feet. The twelve feet taken up gives plenty 

 of bag. The top line is well supplied with floats and the bottom 

 line quite heavily leaded to make it sink quickly. On the bottom 

 line about six feet apart I place a cedar float one and one-fourth 

 inches in diameter and five inches long. The purpose of this 

 float on the bottom line is to keep the seine from rolling in ponds 

 full of water plants. With this seine I can surround an entire 

 school and in the bag of such a net very few fish can escape. We 

 have landed as many as 6,000 at one haul. 



These fish are placed in nursery pools and held for shipment, 

 being fed as above clescrilied. Nothing but fish are distributed 

 from San Marcos station, varying in size from two to six inches 

 in length and the results from our plants have been satisfactory. 



My black bass have done splendidly this season and I still 

 adhere to my plan of plenty of room with an abundance of food 

 if one washes to be successful with the black bass. 



DISCUSSION OF MR. LEARy's PAPER. 



A.t the beginning of the paper Mr. Leary said : I speak of 

 the Fish Commission because I do not know of any others that 

 had commenced the propagation of black bass before that time. 



I can further state that the brood stock should be well fed 

 after the season of spawning up to the time they commence to 

 spawn again. T believe we get healthier eggs and better fry in 

 that way. You keep your fish in fine condition during the entire 

 season after spawning. (Applause). 



Mt. Atkins : Do you feed during the spawning season ? 



Mr. licarv: Occasionally T do. about once a week during the 

 s|ia\\niiig s(.'ason. 



