20 FISHERMAN'S LURES 



of a bass is no match against the array of large 

 teeth with which all trout are well supplied. The 

 teeth of bass are no more formidable than if they 

 had rough sandpaper on the edge of their jaws. 



The varied selection of minnows shown in the 

 colored plate are indigenous to the entire northern 

 continent of America. They are but a small por- 

 tion of those available for planting or breeding 

 purposes. In the Great Lakes, especially Lake 

 Erie, minnows and other natural fish food is ample 

 and sufficient, indeed they are so plentiful that 

 large supplies could be withdrawn for planting 

 elsewhere. It is the smaller, much fished lakes 

 and streams that need the earliest attention. To 

 continually capture small fish from recently stocked 

 water, where food is scarce, is the height of folly, 

 and vain efforts to mend matters by continued 

 restocking has little or no results. If we feed the 

 young fish, they will grow and restock themselves. 

 The situation is apparently so simple and plain 

 that fish culturists either do not study it, or are 

 hampered to such a degree as to be helpless. They 

 must be aware that seventy-five per cent of streams 

 and lakes are of no service to the community, 

 being almost entirely barren of edible fishes. The 

 question will be asked, "Why is it so, and what 



