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mA Aquatic Plants in Relation to Game Fish 
ee By WILLIAM O. COON, Naturalist 
Ve Many of the same plants which are important food plants for within those waters. Also the size of those 
® waterfowl are also important food and cover plants for game game fish is governed by those water con- 
a fish. Therefore, one will improve both hunting and fishing by ditions. 
yo establishing a growth of aquatic vegetation in that lake, pond Aquatic plant life in a body of water is 
“7 oF stream. equally as important to fish life as the vege- 
Yy The number of game fish that can live in any body of water is tation that grows upon the upland is to the 
Ye dependent upon the nature of the living conditions that exist animal life that lives in the woods or fields. 
3g es The basis of all food for every living 
a ; ‘There! creature is plant life. From the human be- 
Y Right by ing to the lowest form of animal life are 
that lily dependent upon vegetation for their exist- 
pad. ence. Even though one species is carnivor- 
ous and may feed upon another carnivorous 
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- 
s»-ZOWIE!— tion are many, A sportsman may curse and 
yo “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 
yo eS where they size for eating or give that sportsman the 
a - a lay!” thrill he gets in catching him. 
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