24 FISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION. 
mud bottom. Lake George is a beautiful lake for black bass, 
and they have been in the lake for a number of years, but they do 
not seem to do well. Last summer I went down there and madea 
thorough examination, and I. found there were no craw-fish in 
the lake. So I had 18,000 put in, which will soon stock the lake, 
and I have no doubt will make Lake George one of the best bass 
lakes in the state. Craw-fish are great breeders. They carry 
their spawn under their tail until hatched, and after these are 
hatched they carry their young until they can take care of them- 
selves. I think it is safe to say every mature female craw-fish 
raises 500 young every year. 
The black bass is an excellent fish to stock waters that are 
suitable for them, for the reason that they make a nest and lay 
their eggs and watch over them until they are hatched; 
then they take care of their young until they have learned to 
feed and provide for themselves. The young are hatched with- 
out any, or scarcely any sack, and need a mother to teach them 
to feed. Black bass can be hatched artificially as surely as any 
other fish, but the mother hatches as large a percentage as could 
be hatched artificially, and it would be difficult to feed the young 
after they were hatched. The black bass is a hardy fish. They 
stand transportation well. 1 sent last spring 113 to California 
by my son and Mr. Mason. They arrived there with ninety- 
-nine in good order. They were mature bass, and I have no doubt 
they will be heard from. Waters suitable for Oswego bass 
should have a mud bottom, with weeds and flags and pond lilies. 
They do well in millponds or in any still water. They eat any 
living thing that is of the right size for them to swallow. They 
breed the same as the black bass. They are a very difficult fish 
to transport in cans. It needs the best of care to get a shipment 
through wichout losing a good many. 
Striped bass (occus lineatus) are easy fish to transport in 
cans. Last summer I transported 140 from the Hudson to the 
Genesee river. They were six inches long. I do not know 
what the result will be. I have not heard from them since they 
were-put in. It is too early yet. White, or silver bass, are a 
good fish, but do not do well except in a particular water. They 
would livein any waters that black bass would. It is the next thing 
