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Time and space will not permit us to go further 
into this subject. Let us now consider the third and 
last fundamental concern of these wild creatures— 
REPRODUCTION 
Provide a suitable living quarters with plenty of 
food, and they alone will take care of the repro- 
duction. 
Game fish do select a mate each year, some make 
a bed and lay their spawn. Let’s consider the Large 
Mouth Black Bass, a hardy and game fellow. After 
mating, the female will fan the bottom, either to firm 
clean soil or a net-work of aquatic roots. Here she 
deposits her eggs and in the meantime, the male 
guards and protects her. Now the male takes charge 
of the bed and fertilizes the eggs and guards them 
until the small fry are hatched. Each bed may con- 
tain from 2,000 to 200,000 eggs. When the fry are 
hatched, the male protects them and takes them into 
a weed bed where food is plentiful, hiding places 
abundant, and oxygen sufficient. After caring for 
them a few days, he again is overcome with that 
cannibalistic instinct and may turn on the very fish 
he has been protecting. The fear of fish then causes 
him to leave the shallow water weed bed and move 
to the outer edges near open water where he can 
more readily observe the approach of his enemy. 
Here he lives on through the summer and fall await- 
ing for the smaller fish that venture into the open 
that he may feed upon them, but still near cover 
where he may hide as well as find the shade protect- 
ing him from the sun. 
That’s the place to drop your lure for the big fel- 
lows at the edge of the weed bed. Lay that plug on 
a lily pad and with a little flip of the rod, make it 
jump into the water and keep it moving with a life- 
like action. You will get him and he will give you a 
thrill. Each big one you take gives more smaller 
fish a chance to grow to maturity. 
Plants Important to Game Fish 
In the pages of this booklet as indicated here will 
be found description of the following species of 
plants that are important to game fish. What, when, 
where and how to plant them, also prices are given 
after the description of each plant. Here are those 
plants important to game fish. 
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Water Smartweed .......... 8 HOO DIM micas sitineteceoreterckaenelae 12 
Hard Stem Bulrush ........ 9 RedheadiGrassi-eracr cece oe 13 
Ducksmeat) Plants) mys sere 10 Water !Shieldapemrcm. ciate 13 
Coontalleelants sve shoes 10 Naias Bushy Pondweed ....13 
HiodeamPlantaya nacre 10 Pickerelee lant 15 
Deep Water Duck Potato ...11 Muskeg rassciancassin cit cere: 15 
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CARP AND ROUGH FISH ELIMINATION 
The German Carp which was originally brought to 
the waters of America, has turned out to be an ex- 
treme nuisance and a problem. These Carp feed toa 
large degree upon aquatic vegetation and root up the 
bottom soils like hogs root on the upland. Further- 
more, they keep the waters roiled and muddy and 
destroy the reproduction of game fish as well as 
practically all of the good duck foods. 
A new and proven method of elimination of these 
carp and other destructive fish is by the use of 
Rotenone. Of course, it will destroy all fish life in 
the waters where used, but those waters can be re- 
stocked with game fish, which will then (in the 
absence of rough fish) multiply and grow faster. 
Duck foods will again re-appear and be very easily 
planted and grown. If located on state-owned waters, 
get permission of your game department before 
treating those waters. 
Important factors to be considered in treating a 
body of water are: Water source, outlet, water 
temperature, surface area and depth. The product 
containing Rotenone must be heavier than water and 
when applied, sink to bottom gradually, and as the 
fish pass through that sinking strata, it will paralyze 
their gills. 
Most of the fish will come to the surface after 
treating waters and can be picked up and used for 
fertilizer on a farm field, or buried to eliminate the 
obnoxious odor. No harm in leaving them drift to 
the banks and decay, except the odor, they will 
fertilize the waters and the bird life will consume 
a greater portion of them. 
Game fish can be used for human consumption as 
they are truly not poisoned, the gills are simply 
paralyzed, the meat is still edible. 
After this sinking strata of Rotenone has reached 
bottom, its life is spent, and within a few days’ 
time, the same waters can be restocked with game 
fish. 
We recommend and offer for sale the POWDERED 
CUBE ROOT 5% ROTENONE. This powder is quick 
acting and poison, but when properly applied is not 
harmful to vegetation, man or beast; it will not harm 
cattle, muskrats, waterfowl or anything except fish. 
The following table gives you a brief idea as to 
how much is required per acre foot of water: 
Water Temperature: 45° F. 55° F. 65° F. 75° F. 85° B. 
Powdered 
Cube Root 2.5lbs. 2.38 ]lbs. 1.8Ibs. 1.4 Ibs. 1.0 Ibs. 
This is not a set rule, but will vary with the condi- 
tions, water depth, inflow, etc., but is approximate. 
As little as one-half pound per acre foot in real 
shallow ponds at high temperature have been effec- 
tive in a complete elimination. In powder form, it is 
necessary to mix with water and spray or distribute 
over surface of waters to be treated. 
DELIVERED PRICE: 
POWDERED CUBE ROOT 
5% ROTENONE 
50 pound bags @ $30.00; 
100 pounds @ $58.00; 
500 pounds @ $250.00 
A case where eyes are bigger than stomach. 
—Courtesy Field and Stream. 
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