AMATEUR FISH CULTURE 



and increase rapidly in a river where trout are 

 not a success. A muddy bottom with occasional 

 quickly running shallows, seem to constitute the 

 best kind of water for dace. The largest, and 

 by far the best conditioned dace I have seen, 

 have come from the tidal parts of rivers, where 

 the water is brackish at high water. Dace from 

 such a water have also the advantage of being 

 very good eating, as they have, as a rule, not 

 got the unpleasant muddy taste usual in this 

 fish. 



Perch and pike will thrive both in rivers and 

 in ponds or lakes which have a supply of water 

 from a stream or from springs. They both in- 

 crease in numbers very rapidly, and when pro- 

 tected, are more likely to require thinning down 

 every few years, than artificial assistance from 

 the amateur. 



The king-carp is the best fish for the amateur 

 who wishes to obtain good bottom fishing from 

 an absolutely stagnant pond. This fish is much 

 bolder and a more free feeder than the common 

 carp. It increases so rapidly in numbers, and is 

 a hard fighting and lively fish. 



Most of the coarse fish deposit a much larger 

 number of eggs than do any of the Salmonidce 



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