Show Sil Silver I ver er Trout For or orin Uintah in a Lakes R Utah Is to have a now colony or or several of at them numbering it is hoped a a. fair lair proportion of Individuals They are not poor fish either according to D. D H. H Madson Madsen state fish and game commissioner commissioner commissioner commis commis- although some sume day they should be bo sure enough fish Mr Madsen announced that J. J W W. Kinney state fish and game commissioner commissioner commissioner com com- missioner of Washington is shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping to Utah through the fish and game gamo department eyed eggs of the silver trout which will willoe willI oe propagated here and the fingerlings fingerlings finger finger- lings will be planted in the higher lakes and nd similar bodies of water that are not considered at present to b be well be-well well stocked stocke l with fish The Utah commissioner expressed the belief that the so-called so silver trout is in reality a species of the sock eye salmon which has accustomed accustomed accustomed tomed itself somewhat to conditions with which it was surrounded when the fish became landlocked In the higher lakes of Washington The silver trout does not grow to anything anything anything any any- any any- thing like the size of its noted ancestor ancestor ancestor an an- for instead of when mature eight to twenty five pounds it weighs only about two and one- one half pounds In habits said Mr Madsen it itIs itis itis is similar to other trout and It has become the most hardy of the the trout family It thrives particularly well wellin wellin wellin in high cold lakes but Is not particularly particularly particularly well adapted to streams It Is of fairly rapid growth and when once once started in suitable waters has proved to provide excellent fishing and Is very popular sportsmen The rhe eyed eggs will be shipped about December 15 and the fish will willbe willbe be planted in some of the lakes akes of or ortho the tho Uintah mountains and probably in Bear lake and other bodies of water not now plentifully supplied with fish It may be added that the taking of eastern brook trout eggs at Fish Fishlake Fishlake Fishlake lake under the direction of William Whitney superintendent of at the state fish hatchery at Springville is now In progress S Something like 1000 eggs have been taken to date dat under cooperation between state and federal fishery services and we expect expect expect ex ex- ex- ex to harvest a total of eastern brook eggs at Fish lake this fall |