Open AccessLargemouth Bass in Ridge Lake, Coles County, Illinois
Author(s) -
George W. Bennett
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v26.177
Subject(s) - bass (fish) , fishery , fishing , geography , ridge , micropterus , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , geology , biology , cartography , geotechnical engineering
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.