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BLACK BASS. 



length. The largest one, by far, that I have 

 ever seen, was caught last summer by Prof. 

 Ackley, in the Cuyahoga river, its length was a 

 little over twenty-two inches, and must have 

 weighed eight pounds, or more. 



WHERE FOUND. 



This fish is found from the St. Lawrence to 

 the tributaries of the Ohio, and perhaps still 

 farther south; is quite common in all the rivers 

 and lakes of Ohio, and all the Western States. 



He is a bold biter, and when hooked, fights 

 with the most determined fury to the very last, 

 affording the best of sport to the angler, and is 

 excelled but by a very few fish when placed 

 upon the table. 



The Black Bass is among the best of fishes 

 to rear in artificial ponds. It is not, however, 

 so well suited for small ponds, it being a large 

 fish. I should not think it advisable to intro- 

 duce it into a pond that covers less than half 

 an acre. It would be well to place in the same 

 pond, the fish known as the Chub, as they are 

 very prolific, and would afford an abundance of 

 food for the Bass. 



BREEDING. 



The Black Bass deposits its eggs in the 

 months of April and May, in shoal water, digging 



