. Breeder and sportsman . s were placed in a chain ofponds on the Del Paso Rancho, near fish evidently found a congenial habitat for theyhave thriven prodigiously. Not only in the originalocality have they multiplied, but in many otherplaces in the Sacramento valley they can be fish have from year to year been able to reachother waters by reason of the overflows in the spring the flood was unusually high and myriadsof small fry were enabled to •each the shallowB of thevast inland lake formed by the heavy rains and meltedsnows of but a few weeks ago. In othe
. Breeder and sportsman . s were placed in a chain ofponds on the Del Paso Rancho, near fish evidently found a congenial habitat for theyhave thriven prodigiously. Not only in the originalocality have they multiplied, but in many otherplaces in the Sacramento valley they can be fish have from year to year been able to reachother waters by reason of the overflows in the spring the flood was unusually high and myriadsof small fry were enabled to •each the shallowB of thevast inland lake formed by the heavy rains and meltedsnows of but a few weeks ago. In other years thefish have also spread about until now they are quiteplentiful io many places. As to size, wo are informedby reliable authority, that some bass have been takenthat weighed eight and niDe pounds, inoredible asthis statement may appear. These fish put up a grandfight before beiDg landed. Some of our anglers areinclined to look with indifference upon these trans-planted bass, for the claimed reaEOn that they have. IoBMibillileB of l ear HautlDg In JLake Cuuuiy no flavor. Of what particular weight ths assertionmay be we are not at present able to eluciuate. but onething we are certain about, of two wise fishermen whoclaimed to be experts on black bass flavor; they neversaw, caught or ate a ba6s, if any at all, outside of theirown native State. Of one or two other critics, we willsay that it ha6 been so many, many years since theytasted those famous Eastern black bas6 that they aredisqualified by the statute of limitations. We haveblack bassnowin many waters in our State,and the fishof certain localities are very well thought of; they are,we opine, all good, some of one locality may be betterthan those of another. The black bass of the Sacra-mento river are worthy of attention and protection. The following taken from a Sacramento exchangeis an exemplar of George W. Neales enthusiasm inhis calling and worth as a game officer: Game Warden George Neale of Sacramento countyh
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