54 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Coup SPRINGS STATION, GEORGIA (J. J. STRANAHAN, SUPERINTENDENT). 
Very little fish-cultural work was accomplished during the year, 
owing to the incomplete condition of the station. The fingerlings on 
hand in July were distributed during the fall as follows: 275 black 
bass, 306 warmouth bass, 3,367 bream, and 258 sun-fish. 
Efforts were made during the winter to increase the stock of brood 
fish, and in January the superintendent, assisted by the fish-culturist, 
made a number of trips to Dead Lake, Florida, and sueceeded in 
transferring 137 black bass and 28 strawberry bass, though fully half 
of them died from the effeets of fungus within a few days after reaching 
the station. Those that survived spawned freely, but all of their eggs 
were lost, turning white on the nest within a few hours. Brood fish 
were secured from streams near the station, among them 34 speckled 
eat-fish, 24 of which died within three months from fungus. 
About 50,000 roaches and pond chubs were obtained from a pond 
near Greenville, about 14 miles distant from the station, and the fry 
from these were utilized as food for the young bass. 
The adult bass, bream, and cat-fish were placed in the various 
breeding-ponds, and although it is impossible to estimate accurately 
the number of fry on hand at the close of the year, it is thought there 
were at least 10,000 bream and a fair supply of cat-fish. Over 4,000 
young black bass had also been counted, assorted, and transferred to 
the rearing-ponds. 
The bottoms of all the ponds at the station have been enmighed and 
planted with suitable vegetation, in order to furnish a certain amount 
of natural food and also to protect the young fish from the sun and 
from birds of prey. 
After removing the young fish from the breeding to the rearing 
ponds they were fed about six times a day on finely chopped fish. 
They were also given as much minute animal life as practicable and 
a certain amount of live minnows. The loss from cannibalism was 
not large, as the fish were assorted according to size at regular inter- 
vals, but a certain percentage died from starvation, notwithstanding 
the care exercised in feeding them. For handling the young fish a 
seine of bobbinet is used. 
After removing the fry from the ponds the water was drawn down and 
the inclosures thoroughly washed with a saturated solution of salt. 
Following is a list of brood stock on hand at the close of the year: 
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Species. | Adults. | fine 
Black bass’ 22 stssecss see oe a el08ey 280 
Breda meses cceeen- Soecee 114 96 
Strawberry bass Osseo 
Warmouth) bass..<--.<-:2-s2-22 Bako a en ee 205) cane ss 
Speckledicat-fish'c <iwe2s sconce ce sean heen eee ee ene Ce Serene 
CGT oy 0) pee i en ne Oy i cesb SEdecn Saxe Soainde 16 860 
