THE BASSES: FRES H-W ATER AND MARINE 



bass. The trout, impelled by instinct, seek for 

 highly aerated waters in which to reproduce their 

 kind; the black bass are hunting for better forag- 

 ing-grounds. 



The black bass, like the trout, will live and thrive 

 in cold spring waters that are landlocked, if born 

 and bred there, but they do not seem to enter a trout- 

 stream from choice; and if the ponds or lakes are 

 comparatively shallow, as most trout-waters are, 

 the black bass will not increase in numbers or 

 size. 



Migrations 



Another similarity between the black bass and the 

 trout is their autumn migrations. The trout, after 

 spawning, fall back to the lower and deeper waters 

 to recuperate from the feebleness caused by the 

 reproductive act. The bass, after the extrusion of 

 their spawn, do not seem to be enfeebled, but rather 

 appear to be endowed with new life and combative 

 vigor to defend their young; and at about the 

 same period at which the trout seek the lower 

 waters, the bass also begin their return migra- 

 tion, which they extend in some rivers notably 

 the Susquehanna down as far as the brackish 

 water. 



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