Largemouth Bass in Ridge Lake, Coles County, Illinois
Bennett, George William
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Title
Largemouth Bass in Ridge Lake, Coles County, Illinois
Author(s)
Bennett, George William
Issue Date
1954-11
Keyword(s)
Largemouth Bass
Ridge Lake
Coles County
Illinois
Census
Abstract
IN 1941, when Ridge Lake, in Fox
Ridge State Park, Coles County,
Illinois, was completed, it was set
aside as a study area for the largemouth
bass, Micropterus salmoides (Lacepede).
Initially, the largemouth was the
only species of fish involved in the study.
Later, in 1944, the bluegill, Lepomis
macrochirus Rafinesque, was added as a
companion species for the largemouth, and
in 1949 the warmouth, Chaenobryttus
corouarius (Bartram), was introduced. The present publication is essentially
a description of the culling technique of
management and its effect upon the largemouth
bass in Ridge Lake for an approximate
10-year period beginning with the
spring of 1941 and ending after the bass
spawning season but before the angling
season of 1951. This technique, which is
being employed in all recreational lakes
built by the state of Illinois, may be depended
upon not only to maintain good
bass fishing over an indefinite period but
to produce superior angling for fish of
other warm-water species inhabiting these
lakes.
Publisher
Champaign : Illinois Natural History Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin; v. 026, no. 02
ISSN
0073-4918
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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