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Show News Notes from the STATE FISH 6 GAME Utah's second fishing opening is scheduled for 5 a. m., July 2. This will effect the waters of the high Uintahs primarily, and includes all of the waters in the North slope of the Uintah mountains. moun-tains. Fishermen are warned to prepare to fish in extremely high water when they enter this area. The. Upper Duchesne and Uintah rivers, as well as the Upper Bear river, Henry's Fork, Burnt Fork , Smith Fork, are running extremely high, It is suggested that the lowly garden Hackel or the good old angle worm be used as bait. Sportsmen, you are again reminded re-minded that the bag limits are 7 lbs or 15 fish, and that the daily bag limit is the possession limit. While fishing this year in Utah streams and lakes, you will, in all probability, catch a fish bearing a Monel metal tag either in the gill or around the jaw bone. These ! tags were placed there by the Utah Fish and Game Commission for the purpose of studying survival, migration, fishermen's success, rate of growth, and success of spawning of hatchery raised fish. If you should catch one bearing a metal marker, please report to the Fish and Game Department De-partment where you caught this fish, how long it was, and the day you caught it. It will greatly great-ly assist in future planning for the fishery resources of Utah. As fishermen venture onto the streams, there is one point that must be kept in mind at all times by everyone, and that is that, in all probability, you are on private-owned land, and that you should regard this property as you would you cown. Do not build fires in undesignated places; do not open gates and leave them open, and do not destroy fences or molest stock. The man that owm the land would appreciate your consideration, consider-ation, and I am sure he will give you consideration if you respect re-spect his rights. The desire of the Fish and I Game Department is simply like all sportsmen to please be I sportsmen. Paradise Park Reservoir in Uintah county has suffered a near-complete loss of fish from winter-kill. This bad news was released this week by M. J. Madsen, chief of fisheries for the Utah Fish and Game Department, Depart-ment, after Mr. v Madsen had studied the Uintah county lake. "It looks like most of the fish are gone," he said. "This was becoming one of the best fishing lakes of its type in the state and had provided plenty' of fishing in its time." Mr. Madsen pointed point-ed out that the lake will be studied for improvement ,and more fish plated to start it on its way again. Also on the winterkill list for this spring is Bridger lake, one of the popular north slope fishing fish-ing waters south of Fort Bridger, Brid-ger, Wyo. This lake is gone for at least a year or two, the fish chief said. Mr. Madsen .pointed out that other questionable lakes will be studied as soon as it is possible to get into them. The Fairview reservoirs are always a question mark. Mr. Madsen said he would try to break through to many questionable lakes by jeep in the next few days. Although a good many thousand thous-and fish have been distributed over the streams and lakes of the state, the. Utah Fish & Game Department still has a good many more thousand fish that are yet to be planted. Our stocking program is expected to continue until Labor Day, and as fast as streams recede to the proper levels, . they shall be stocked. 1 |