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OTHER ILLINOIS FISH. 
In addition to the important fishes of Illinois already enumerated, 
there is a considerable variety of good fish that are worthy of attention. 
The most notable of these are the crappies, sunfish, rock bass, silver 
bass, pickerel, perch, catfish and bullheads. 
The crappie is a fish well worth cultivating since he has game 
qualities of no mean order and is a splendid table fish. For the present 
no plans have been developed for the artificial propagation of this fish, 
but it is the purpose of the commission to take up the matter later, with 
a view of setting apart a portion of our bass pond hatching waters for 
this fish. 
Like the black bass, the crappie does not respond to the artificiality 
of the hatchery, but must be propagated in ponds. 
The other fish enumerated are all important food fishes and need 
suitable protection under the law. ‘The rock bass, the silver bass, the 
pickerel and perch are all capable of classification as game fish. Besides 
affording sport for the angler they are excellent edible fishes. The catfish 
and bullheads are also good table fish but they come within the group of 
purely commercial fishes. 
The Garfish. 
THE GARFISH. 
The greatest pest of our waters is the garfish, a very active fellow 
with a long, ugly jaw and an unsatiable appetite for young fish. Not 
only does he consume a great number of small fish, but he snaps off a 
piece of larger fish that he cannot take whole. 
