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undrv existiutj- financial conditions. (Iradiially. tli(> Fishenltiiral 

 Department has Imilt up an elaborate system of employing' and organ- 

 izing this jiopular enthusiasm by turning it to a definite service. Many 

 men are planting fish now who have been doing it in the same waters 

 for many years. In San l*>ernardino Connty, the board of supervisors 

 undertake the entire distribution, the resident deputy is in charge, 

 and the work oi'cu.pies the better part of two months, being done in an 

 intensive manner. It has maintained sport at an attractive level despite 

 what doubtless are the greatest demands which have ever been made by 

 anglei's \\\M)u any similar lakes and streams. 



I'"ic;. I'N. Newly linished tisluva.v buill ii.\ SuuLMurn Calitoi'iiui Kmsoii ^J\■ . . at 

 Kern Hivtr plant No. ?>. BuiU according to plans furnished by the Fish and Game 

 Commission. '■ _ j a! 



No consideration of fishcultural work in the south would be complete 

 without a reference to the ''people's fish" — the large-mouthed black- 

 bass. Introduced into tlie north years ago, the lusty "bronze-back" 

 thrived amazingly in the warm waters and congenial environment of 

 the artificially established southern reservoirs. Today, business men 

 can. and do. lake nice catches of good sized l).ass I'ight in the city 

 limits of Los Angeles, enjoying sport in all the celebrated methods, 

 easting the fly, nsing the short "plug-bait" rod or various natural 

 baits. When it is considered that only a few years ago there Avere no 

 bass in the south, and no prospect of any, their introduction identifies 

 itself as something of an achievement in behalf of the sportsman-angler 



