. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 107 ^ ^.^ WHITE RASS. Pounds. Value. Black Bass i,939-57i $150,471 Yellow Perch 7, 181,504 White Perch 1,397,306 161,188 Crappie and Strawberry Bass 2,686,230 161,122 Sunfish (all kinds) 2,094,946 52,846 Catfish (all kinds) 13,103,706 534,425 Total 28,292,979 $1,141,556 The Largc-Motithcd Black Bass. (Microptcnis sabnoides). This species is one of the best for ponds. It grows faster and larger than the small-mouthed black bass, and will take the hook in winter when the latter will not. It is easier to cul
. Annual report - New York Zoological Society. Zoology. ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 107 ^ ^.^ WHITE RASS. Pounds. Value. Black Bass i,939-57i $150,471 Yellow Perch 7, 181,504 White Perch 1,397,306 161,188 Crappie and Strawberry Bass 2,686,230 161,122 Sunfish (all kinds) 2,094,946 52,846 Catfish (all kinds) 13,103,706 534,425 Total 28,292,979 $1,141,556 The Largc-Motithcd Black Bass. (Microptcnis sabnoides). This species is one of the best for ponds. It grows faster and larger than the small-mouthed black bass, and will take the hook in winter when the latter will not. It is easier to cultivate and will thrive in warmer and more sluggish waters. While not so gamy, it can be depended upon, under ordinary favorable conditions, to furnish a good supply of fish-food for the table. Spawning as it does among the roots of water plants, a gravelly bottom is not essential unless other species are kept with it. In the south it reaches its greatest development. Florida specimens sometimes exceeding twenty pounds. In the north its average weight is less than four pounds. TJic Siuall-MoiitJicd Black Bass. (Microptcnis doloinieu) is generally considered the pluckiest of game fishes. If sport with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Zoological Society. New York, The Society
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