Results of a Tagging Study on the Spotted Bass, Micropterous Punctulatus

One thousand seven hundred and forty-nine Spotted Bass were tagged in Allatoona Reservoir, Georgia, in the winter of 1961-62 and rewards were paid for return of the tags by sport fishermen. The nature of the Spotted Bass fishery and population density is described on the basis of these tag returns and creel census. Two hundred and sixty-two Largemouth Bass were tagged simultaneously and comparative data on the two species is given.