Trout fishermen have often disagreed with the above which they have a right to do.
Biologically, the black bass is a fish superior to any of the salmon tribe which are of a more primitive type as shown by their abdominal ventrals, their soft rayed fins and cycloid scales, the bass with his thoracic ventrals, ctenoid scales and spines in his fins, being more advanced. His breeding habits and the care he takes of his young add to his biological superiority. Without much exaggeration, one could say that the trouts and salmon are herrings with college educations while the bass is to the manner born. All this, however, is cold science and belittles a noble race of fishes — fishes all real anglers love if they know them.
