. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 486 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. FIGURE 1. Map of Millerton Lake, showing points of tagging and recapture of largemouth black bass and bluegill During the remainder of the calendar year of 1950, after the spring tagging period, tags from 12 bass and 19 blnogill were returned, amount- ing to j)ef('ent of the 61 bass tagged and percent of the 397 blue- gill tagged. Although tJie numbers involved are very small, these results are a
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 486 CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. FIGURE 1. Map of Millerton Lake, showing points of tagging and recapture of largemouth black bass and bluegill During the remainder of the calendar year of 1950, after the spring tagging period, tags from 12 bass and 19 blnogill were returned, amount- ing to j)ef('ent of the 61 bass tagged and percent of the 397 blue- gill tagged. Although tJie numbers involved are very small, these results are at least an indication that rates of harvest are not excessive at Miller- ton Lake. CV)mparjd)le rates have been reported for other wat(M-s. For example, in Xorris Ik'servoir, Tennessee, Manges () reported that the average return on tagged largemouth black bass, diii-ing five years of tagging, was percent. This is not generally considei-cd ;m excessive rate of harvest in such waters. Tagged largemouth bass ami bluegill in .Millerton Lake move A-ery little, judging fi-om tags returned in 1950. The average movement from poiiil (if tagging was miles for 12 bass and miles for 19 bluegill. These mileages represent the shortest distances by water to point of recapture. The longest journey of a bass Avas miles, about half of the length of llie I'eserxdif. ill a period of 88 days. The I)Iiiegi]] showing gi-eatest nio\-emeiit 1 raveled miles in 34 days. Four bass and 1 hree lilnegill IijhI noi moved from point of tagging when captui'cd. Even though these game fishes apparently mo\-e relativelv lilile in Millerton Lake, anglei- concent rat ion is pi-obably insufficient in an\' one area of the ivserxoii' to cause local depletion of tli<' populations. SUMMARY A limited tagging study on largemouth black hass and bluegill was carried on by the California Dejiaiimeni of Fish and Game at Millerton Lake in 19o0. (Mit of (il bass and o97 bluegill tagged, retuiais wer
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