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Ww A quatic Plants in Relation to Game Fish 
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yy By WILLIAM O. COON, Naturalist 
Fe Many of the same plants which are important food plants for within those waters. Also the size of those 
Y waterfowl are also important food and cover plants for game game fish is governed by those water con- 
ye fish. Therefore, one will improve both hunting and fishing by ditions, . Ean 
Nee establishing a growth of aquatic vegetation in that lake, pond Aquatic plant life in a body of water is 
J. goes By ; equally as important to fish life as the vege- 
Y ~The number of game fish that can live in any body of water is tation that grows upon the upland is to the 
4 dependent upon the nature of the living conditions that exist animal life that lives in the woods or fields. 
pe The basis of all food for every living 
Ys “There! creature is plant life. From the human be. 


mS Right by ing to the lowest form of animal life are 
-Z that lily dependent upon vegetation for their exist- 
YY pad,” ence. Even though one species is carnivor- 
NF ous and may feed upon another carnivorous 
eo creature, somewhere down the line there are 
those that are dependent upon vegetation. 
Game fish within most lakes are im- 
prisoned within those waters. It is the plant 
life that grows within those waters that 
create the proper balance for their living 
. condition. The advantages of that vegeta- 
=-ZOWIE!— tion are many, A sportsman may curse and 
“What a condemn the weeds—that entangle his fish 
Whopper!” line or snag his lure, but without those 
“That’s weeds the fish cannot grow to a healthy pan 
. where they size for eating or give that sportsman the 
Ae ee lay!” thrill he gets in catching him. 
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