86 Tiventy-ninth Annual Meeting 



troduction has not in any way lessened the angler's chances. Bass 

 are more plentiful now than they have heen before for years, and 

 constantly increasing; so are the carp. There would seem to be 

 no need for me to say more in refutation of the oft-repeated charge 

 that carp destroy the bass and kindred fishes. I repeat, I am 

 dealing only with what I know, and what I say applies only to 

 Illinois waters. Possibly, in other places, carp may exhibit canni- 

 balistic and murderous tendencies, but here they get down to 

 business and make money, food and friends. 



