Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-04-09 | Page 5 | Yellow Catfish to be Planted in Lake

YEllOW CATfiSH TO TOBE TOBE TOBE BE PLANTED IN LAKE LAKEI I R. R H. H state game ame and fl fish h commissioner lonel announces that with th thas the as assistance of tho the United States bureau of oC biological e survey he will plant yellow ellow catfish in Utah lake The decision to I experiment with this fish was reached reache after a a. vi visit Hit of a federal Inspector to some of or the he state hatcheries whiCh he commended commended com corn mended saying saing a they were as well wen kept as an any oth others rs In the he United States The yellow catfish sometimes grows grow to a weight of or sixty pounds said Sid Sid- downy and in Utah waters I believe the they will reach a weight as high as twenty five pounds at The flesh of this fish being better for eating than Is that of ot the other common variety which flourishes In Utah waters It will lil mean a valuable addition to the available food supply If the species to be tried will vill flourish