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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18365, 24 April 1925, Page 20

The introduction of a suitable gamefish into the northern rivers is still an unsolved problem; but attempts have been made by. the Auckland Acclimatisation Society during the past season to discover a fish that- will thrive under the conditions prevailing in that province (says the "Auckland Star"). Many of the rivers are muddy and slow running and unsuitable for trout. -Mr C. A. "Whitney, president of the society, states that attention has been directed to the large-mouthed black bass. Its distribution is comparatively easy, owing to its adaptability to extremes of temperature and its great tenacity of life under seemingly adverse conditions. It has been successfully introduced into nearly all the sections of the United States, to which it is not native, and into England, France, Germany, and Finland. In three years bass became so numerous in Utah State that. 30,0001b were caught and marketed from one lake. Few fish, it is stated, thrive in water ►of such extremes of temperature as the large-mouthed black bass. It is peculiarly adapted,' in every way, for stocking inland waters; and there ia no fish that will give more abundant) and satisfactory returns, and none in which the labour and expense of introducing it is so slight. As a food fish there are very few more palatable fresh-water fish. The bass has firm, white, and flaky flesh, which, wheii cooked, is • nutty, - tender and juicy. Its game qualities axe second to none, and it will thrive and multiply in waters where trout cannot earigt^