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ROCK BASSE OF THE LAKE. 



minnow, or fly of red and white feathers, or any bright, 

 attractive colors, and afford capital sport. A stout fly-rod, 

 with a bright fly on a number one trout-hook, will be found 

 sufficient for his capture. 



The Commissioners of Fisheries of Wisconsin are having 

 them hatched for stocking some of the ponds and lakes of 

 that State. In their report for the year 1815 the commis- 

 sioners say: "Mr. John Palmer, who has had charge of 

 taking the spawn, in addition to the white-fish spawn, has 

 taken 200,000 of the lake herring-spawn. This fish is 

 known in Madison as white-fish, and Fourth Lake is very 

 full of them, a few of them having been put in there by 

 ex-Governor Farwell, who, no doubt, thought them to be 

 white-fish, as many still do. While in flesh and size they are 

 not quite the equal of the white-fish, they are better for 

 lakes, where netting is not allowed, as they will take the 

 hook (and being very prolific, a large one having about 

 20,000 eggs), and being superior to the fish native to our 

 interior lakes, we think them well worth introducing." The 

 report says that 350,000 white-fish spawn and 200,000 her- 

 ring-spawn were taken in good condition. The hatching- 

 house is situated at Pensankee, on Green Bay, and is under 

 charge of the Fish Commissioners of the State. 



THE ROCK BASSE OF THE LAKE, 

 Amplobites emus 



Found in most of the Western lakes. At Lake George, 

 many years ago, it was familiarly known as the Democrat. 

 They resemble, in some respects, the sunfish. although not so 

 wide and chubby, and attain to about the same weight, 

 and are found on the same grounds with the black basse, 



