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By WILLIAM O. COON, Naturalist 
aes 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- 
Y fish. Therefore, one will improve both hunting and fishing by ditions, 
YY establishing a growth of aquatic vegetation in that lake, pond Aquatic plant life in a body of water is 
Be or stream. 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 
wy dependent upon the nature of the living conditions that exist animal life that lives in the woods or fields. 
VE The basis of all food for every living 
ss Aba creature is plant life. From the human be- 
Right . y ing to the lowest form of animal life are 
ae a r that lily dependent upon vegetation for their exist- 
Ket : * er oes pad. ence. Even though one species is carnivor- 
. ous and may feed upon another carnivorous 
5 a RETIN creature, somewhere down the line there are 
\ ,S | ; ‘Say aa those that are dependent upon vegetation. 
yy Game fish within most lakes are im- 
7 prisoned within those waters. It is the plant 
is life that grows within those waters that 
create the proper balance for their living 
We = condition. The advantages of that vegeta- 
Ww _=-ZOWIE!—_ tion are many, A sportsman may curse and 
<a “What a condemn the weeds—that entangle his fish 
ye Whopper!” line or snag his lure, but without those 
yw “That's weeds the fish cannot grow to a healthy pan 
yo where they size for eating or give that sportsman the 
+ lay!” thrill he gets in catching him. 
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