New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-28
MATCHING BLACK BASS
,,n,rN ALI. OVER THE COUNTRY INTER
EsrEp IN THE RESULT

FISHERMEN ALL OVER ihh
rsrEp IN THE RESULT
, p,r,ds t,fich) correspondence OF Inc Lee
troit Free Press -, ,,st completed the
The state OF Michgan has nsd 2uS at Min creek
stocking Oh north OF this city and now s,tsnstnd
soma OF the most imp9rtan' rrTonasation OF fsh in
in the way States The artificial raising ri %
has been a,rssmained for Michigan 70 make sue Tbe
ces OF il and show thar n,r rsa been proved
Feasibility OF S she wS is we'll equipped for It's carry
and now the 0'a'e "
The black bass Ass game and food fish OF this siate
pa Of the best In the country IL IL .e Kind
fish OF the n, but OF the ighting variety IL IS "a
iahhmmoncr fish than the prooh uiVT gives 70 the
coIIin unite as good eating, ana IL s.So oynart
sany uhsherman the pleasure me n mite
derives the trout ana work il has never
OF al SoNapsbs TO repenish by artificial means rD
great nroads made BY the aes and streams
upon thS sspmethng was done the stock must
sooner or later become very Dresden. of the
nPISeT Fish Commission. solved the propon
lie has FOR thirty years been IN Ms enthusiasm
ard student %heh led his 9ppontment upon
the Fish Commission many y whv Something was
T Hpo done toward the artificial wHtesh
The same as was being u t ,bers and soon after
,aSs his seat he brought up the & ade in
was Informed that attempts h manting done but
many S"ccessfily and that bass could, nS p DC Se
ne'hv, ~ ARTIFICIAL means. Thls ulSpuseu y, Co.
,or 40 far as the Board was coICt' ~. ~, M
Ne lime but Commissioner DAVIS uiu 10 -, the 70
te hnmcbt hooks upon lass and looked w ose BE
'r,S ~ the experiments made ahI s.u Lt go,
potn. -, tho Ash The books tod MN ,Hs 49,
ma ceptain other fish be strlphssd, Tt ma
napa which could be fertlzed, S roated
sssobad hut the bass eggs could not De mea ~
~, , ,bnt manner because they are dii1erenuH ~ IL
,uted When the eggs are laid they mus ne
i,ant moving TO keep them from suckHs 10 ~ tb"rs
XII ,hnv m1,st be moved carefully, 100 AHu NJ NJ
tbar obstacles
Mi, Wen, TO the Worlds Fair ana conIinu Vd NE
,1S1 a. IN. National fish exhibit lie oolHlneu ho
rnoGatby for his theory until ne met ,d M.
fr ,r',p, Kansas who was also convinced t'ae
So co'lJ he Matched artihcially but ne Was no
s nasH oiorg than Mr. Davis. But the Mirhigan
iuiti.i stt"ar continued his study and his hoppy'
III a. baa horne fruit. or fish. - ,.
VI. fomnd mary things or decided ihteitst:;
Among the first things he learned was tne tact liz a
!, is Re male ish who does all the work OF rearing
,bn vomns He makes the bed ana sets on me
mother fish simply lays them ana then apRarshioS
sos aI Interest and responsibility for her offspring.
When The spawning season approaches tne mare
fsh selects a good place for bed lie hnas nice
drmv.liv bottom where there Is running water, pro
,acted from Intrusion much as possible ana tnei'
yi,h his fms ne brushes things up as nicev az pus,
thIe After he has little hollow scraped out ana
,hjngs arranged ne goes out into the stream anu
ends tho mother fish Just by what methou ,he
sejecton is made does not appear but the cout.snp
ia usually very brief He returns shorty VIII ne
female Ash and Introduces her 10 the nest Sne N.
snects Il very carefully and then assumes posses