128 Fishing in North Carolina. 



The water will in due course kill the trees and 

 undergrowth, and the insects in the rotting 

 wood will furnish fish food. Never plant water 

 lilies (flag) in a fish pond, they furnish nice 

 protection for small fish and are pretty, but 

 will soon take possession of the pond. 



The location having been determined, the 

 dam will next command attention. It should 

 be constructed with ample wasteway, so that the 

 uncertain flood gates need not be depended upon 

 for protection against accident; and above 

 everything else the dam should siirely be made 

 tight enough at the start, then, in the spawning 

 season it will keep the water at an average 

 level; otherwise the breeding of fish will be 

 very unsatisfactory. 



The best dam, for such ponds, may be built 

 of large, green, pine logs, put up alike and in 

 the shape of the gable end of a log cabin; and 

 •closely sheeted both up and down, stream. Of 

 course it should be well spiled. The force of 

 the water up stream towards the apex will hold 

 the dam down and the lower tier of logs will 

 serve as an impregnable barrier against that 



