ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



10' 



WHITE RASS. 



Pounds. Value. 



Black Bass i'939o7i $150,471 



Yellow Perch 7.071.220 181,504 



White Perch 1,397,306 161,188 



Crappie and Strawberry Bass 2.686,230 161,122 



Sunfish ( all kinds ) 2.094.946 52.846 



Catfish (all kinds) 13.103.706 534.425 



Total 28.292.979 $1,141,556 



The Largc-MontJicd Black Bass. ( Microptcrus salinoides) . This 

 species is one of the best for ponds. It grows faster and larger 

 than the small-mouthed black bass, and will take the hook in 

 winter when the latter v^ill not. It is easier to cultivate and will 

 thrive in warmer and more sluggish waters. While not so gamy, 

 it can be depended upon, under ordinary favorable conditions, to 

 furnish a good supply of fish-food for the table. Spawning as it 

 does among the roots of water plants, a gravelly bottom is not 

 essential unless other species are kept with it. In the south it 

 reaches its greatest development. Florida specimens sometimes 

 exceeding twenty pounds. In the north its average weight is 

 less than four pounds. 



The SuiaU-Mouthed Bkick Bass. { Micro ptenis dolouiieu) is 

 generally considered the pluckiest of game fishes. If sport with 



