Bits and pieces.

The Progressive Fish-Culturist
Article: pp. 67�68 | Abstract | PDF (56K)

Fecundity of Bluegill and Warmouth from a South Carolina Blackwater Lake
Frank M. Panek and Clarence R. Cofield



The fecundity estimate for warmouths ranged from 798

to 34,257 eggs per mature fish (96 to 222 mm TL). The

regression equation and coefficient of determination (r 2) of

fecundity on total length was 1og10 F = -4.678 + 3.889 log10

TL (mm) with r 2 = 0.67 (Fig. 2). Eggs of warmouths from

Lake Robinson exhibited a unimodal series of egg sizes

with a group egg diameter mode of 0.80 to 0.94 mm.



Warmouth fecundity was similar to that of fish from

other habitats. Larimore (1957) reported that the total

number of eggs per fish ranged from 4,500 to 63,200, and

Germann et al. (1974) reported that the number of mature

eggs ranged from 8,721 to 20,064. Larimore (1957)described

a unimodel size distribution of eggs and Germann et al. (1974)

a bimodal distribution. Warmouth data from the presen

study agree with those of Larimore (1957). The data suggest

that warmouths in Lake Robinson have a protracted spawning

season: mature and ripe females were collected from

April to September in 1975.


Abstract View
Volume 32, Issue 1 ( 1903)

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Article: pp. 116�125 | Abstract | PDF (219K)

Fish on the Farm � What Species to Select
Samuel Lovejoy

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FISH ON THE FARM--WHAT SPECIES TO SELECT.

SA�IUEL LOVEJOY.

Living in the �ed hills of Georgia and never having seen over

a quarter of an acre of water is why I select the above subject.



The third best fish, in my opinion, for small ponds south i,

the warmouth bass, C galosus. It grows to much larger. sizv

than the bream, thick and fleshy, with large mouth, and is to

some extent cannibalistic, but not enough so to make it objec

tionable. It will eat a few of its own young, but not enough to

miss them--just enough to make the balance grow well.

The average weight of the warmouth bass is about one pounds.

though I have seen them weighing as high as five pounds. They

are very easy to raise; will do well in water with a temperature

at li)0 �. I have seen them taken from stagnant wa�er. Th�

warmouth bass resembles the rock bass, with red spots on eyes

fore and aft, not as with the rock bass wit]� red spots top and

bottom of eye. These three fish are the very best for small ponds

and will satisfy any one at the table or market.



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