Propagation 



Character of 

 Eggs 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



in all sections of the country when taken 

 from public waters. 



Owing to the desirability of the black 

 bass for stocking waters, the demand for 

 both private and public streams and ponds 

 is far in excess of the supply. Undoubtedly 

 the best plan for stocking is that of plant- 

 ing adult fish, as already alluded to. But 

 owing to the difficulty of obtaining adult 

 fish, the energies of fish culturists have for 

 years been directed to a solution of the 

 question of supply. So far, however, their 

 efforts have been but partially successful. 



The eggs of the salmon, trout, grayling, 

 shad, whitefish, etc., can be stripped from 

 the fish, can be separated and manipulated 

 as easily as so much shot, and made to 

 respond readily to fish-cultural methods. 

 But the eggs of the black bass are envel- 

 oped in a gelatinous mass that precludes 

 stripping, and their separation is extremely 

 difficult, if not impossible. Consequently 

 any attempt at their incubation by the usual 

 hatchery methods would prove futile. 



The only feasible and successful plan is 

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