44 Bass, Pike, and Perch 



and efficient Fish Commission, Mr. H. D. Dous 

 man being one of the commissioners. Colone 

 Shears also experimented with black-bass culture 

 and between us we reared many thousands tc 

 the age of three months, before turning therr 

 out. Near my pond was a shallow, marshy cove 

 to which the pike resorted in early spring tc 

 spawn, giving me an opportunity to study theii 

 breeding habits, also. There being so many lakes 

 and ponds in the vicinity, and their being so wel 

 supplied with fishes of various kinds, my oppor 

 tunities for the observation of fish life were as 

 great as fortunate. 



The differences of opinion among anglers, o: 

 all men, pertaining to the practice of their art, has 

 become axiomatic. Some will differ even to the 

 estimation of a hair in the legs of an artificial fly 

 while it is averred others will go so far as tc 

 "divide a hair 'twixt south and southwest side,' 

 as Butler has it. But, seriously, there are severa' 

 moot points which I have endeavored to discuss 

 in the following piscatorial polemic. 



Two friends went fishing. Both were famous 

 black-bass anglers, with the enthusiasm born of a 

 genuine love and an inherent appreciation of the 

 gentle art so common among Kentucky gentle- 



