ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



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LARGE-MOUTHED BLACK BASS. 



done, if necessary, with ordinary fishing-tackle. For transporta- 

 tion a couple of milk cans of the pattern used by dairymen will 

 be most convenient and the cans will be almost indispensable in 

 handling the fishes from the pond later on. 



The fishes need not be injured by the hook, if they are unhooked 

 carefully, and they will stand the trip in wagon or baggage car 

 very well, if they are not crowded, and the temperature of the 

 water is kept down with a little ice. A net over the top of the 

 can is better than a close cover unless the latter be w'ell punctured. 

 Ice must be used sparingly and should be placed on the net cover 

 — not in the water. 



If a fisherman, who has a seine, can be hired, so much the 

 better for the fish. The fishes wanted may very likely be found in 

 one's own neighborhood, and it may only be necessary to subsi- 

 dize the barefoot boy. who won't take long to find some stock for 

 the pond. Beware, however, of the common sunfish. which is 

 usually too small to be worth saving and becomes a positive an- 

 noyance when one is angling for something larger. Other species 

 which it is well to avoid are the pike and pickerel on account of 

 their voracity and destructiveness to other species. 



Practice teaches one rapidly, but it is unwise to try to get 

 along without study when helpful books may be had. If fish 

 raising is to be merely a passing fancy it is just as well not to 



