REPORT OF TIIK FISH AND OAMH COMMISSION. 



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under oxistint,' tinanci.il coiulitions. (iradually, the FislK'nllural 

 l)('j>artiii('iit lias hiiilt up an elahoratr system of employing and organ- 

 izing tills popular eutliiisiasin by turning it to a definite service. ^lany 

 men are planling fish now wh.o have hcen doing it in llie same waters 

 for many years. In San I'.iMiiardiiio Coniily. the l)oai'(l of supervisors 

 undertake the entire distril)iiti(in. the resident deputy is in charge, 

 and the work occupies the better \y,\v\ of two months, being done in an 

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

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

 anglers upon an\' similar lak'es and streams. 





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H ic. I's. .NuvViy iiiusnea risiiway built hy 8oiilliein Culnunua ii,ais.jii Coiiiijany at 

 Kern River plant No. .";. Built according to plans furnished by the Fish and Game 

 Commission. 



No consideration of fish cultural work in the south would be complete 

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

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

 thrived amazingly in the wai-m waters and congenial environment of 

 the artificially established southern reservoirs. Today, business men 

 can, and do. take nice catches of good sized bass right in the city 

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

 casting the fly, using the short "plug-bait" rod or various natural 

 baits. When it is considered that only a few years ago there were 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 



