THE BASSES: FRES H-W ATER AND MARINE 



many lakes in which it is not native. Greenwood 

 Lake, in New York and New Jersey, has been 

 stocked with it by the New Jersey Fish and Game 

 Commission. 



Favorite Haunts 



The white bass prefers the deeper parts of rivers 

 and is best adapted for life in lakes and ponds. It 

 is said to be a good fish for rearing in artificial 

 ponds. In April and May it is found near the 

 shore or in river mouths, where it spawns. In 

 summer and fall it resorts to deeper waters and to 

 the lakes. The rocky coves around the Bass Islands 

 of Put-in-Bay, Lake Erie, and the upper waters 

 of the Mississippi, especially Lake Pepin, are not- 

 able for the number and size of their white bass. 

 The Detroit River furnishes famous fishing for 

 this species. " At the mouth of the Fox River, in 

 Wisconsin, these fish are doubtless more numerous 

 than in any other single locality, or were so a few 

 years ago. The favorite bait there is a minnow, 

 at which they will bite all night, and a score of a 

 hundred white bass in a few hours is not unusual. 

 When the anchor is hauled up they seem to be as 

 ravenous as when the first bait was thrown out." - 

 Harris. 



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