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inhs-145	Bennett, George William; Adkins, H. Wickliffe; Childers, William F.	The Effects of Supplemental Feeding and Fall Drawdowns on the Largemouth Bass and Bluegills at Ridge Lake, Illinois	1973	36	.pdf	application/pdf	13010	627	67	24 p. INDEX B Biennial draining, 10 years of, 1 Bluegills, 1 condition under feeding-drawdown pro- gram, 17 fat condition in 1966, 1967 and 1968, 18 growth under feeding-drawndown pro- gram, 20 laboratory feeding of, 2 original stock in Ridge Lake, 1 population dynamics, 1963-1970, 10-11 reductions in numbers caused by draw- downs, 13-14 weight in 1970 census one-third of maxi- mum standing crop, 23 Channel catfish, 1 evidence of reproduction in Ridge Lake, 12-13 origin of 1969 stock, 3 population dynamics, 1963-1970, 12-13 stocking in 1969, 3 Condition index, 17 Controlled public fishing, 1 Cost of feeding fishes, 6, 23 D Draining census, 1 Drawdowns begun in 1951, 1 combined with supplemental feeding, 2 eflfects in 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 2 effects on bluegill sizes, 2 effects on largemouth bass, 10 extent of, 1, 2, 6, 24 five years of, 1 money-saving operation, 24 reduction in numbers of bluegills caused by, 6, 13-14 supplemented by seining, 25 surefire method of producing new year class of bass, 14 value in general fish management, 24 F.rir, Feeding amounts fed, 6, 23 composition of fish food, 3, 5 cost, 6, 23 effects on bluegills, 5-6 method, 5 program, 3, 5-6 times, 5 Feeding-drawdown program condition of bluegills under, 17-18 condition of largemouth bass under, 17 fishermen's opinions of, 22-23 growth of bass under, 19-20 growth of bluegills under, 20-21 Fishing effort range of, 1963-1969, 8 varies with quality of fishing, 8 Fish food as a supplement to natural diet, 23 Fish yields from angling, 1963-1969, 7-8 Food, pelleted, in relation to total weight of bluegills, 23 Foods available, 23-24 Fish population, concentration of during drawdowns, 2 Growth of bass and bluegills under various sys- tems of management, 20-22 of bluegills under f-d program, 20-22 of largemouth bass under f-d program, 19-21 H Hybrid sunfishes laboratory feeding of, 2 testing value of, 1 I Ictalurus punctatus (Rafinesque), 1 Index of condition definition of, 17 for bluegills, 17 for largemouth bass, 17 L Lake chubsuckers nriuinal stock in Ridse Lake, 1 28 Illinois Natural History Survey Bulletin Vol. 31, Art. On the basis of complete creel censuses in all years (except 1942, when the lake was closed to fishing) we were able to measure with some degree of cer- tainty the type of fish population the lake would support and the efl'ects of \arious management efforts on that population.	cache/inhs-145.pdf	txt/inhs-145.txt