Show CHOICE FISH In Utah Lake the Weber River and Bear Lake To the Editor of The Herald The following are excerpts from letters let-ters received within a few days Taken in connection with the black bass and other fishes showing up in great numbers num-bers in the lakesstreams and private waters of Utah what may the harvest be in a few years Respectfully A MILTON MUSSER Mr B W Drigs of Pleasant Grove writes Replying to your inquiry about the white fish you planted In Utah lake at Battle Creek station two years ago would say I learn from several sev-eral parties that said fish have done splendidly Mr James O Bullock commissioner com-missioner for this county says reports re-ports made to the board was that the white fish were numerous and of good size considering the time since they were planted Mr Charles H Alley writes from Lake Town The shad are fat when they come into In-to spawn The largest I have seen Is about 14 inches long They have been seen on the west side of the lake also Our warden has also seen them at South Eden I think that they can be caught by the tons this summer I dont think they go through the outlet out-let Mr Thomas B Hull of Hooper writes me I saw some strangelooking fish caught in Weber river which no doubt are bass as they were darkcolored and just looked like the bass they have in the markets There has also been some small fish caught which we supposed sup-posed were shad No doubt these small fish are sunfish which I put Into the Weber river with the bass in 1890 Judging from the immense im-mense success of the bass plant in Utah lake I feel confident there must i be great numbers of them and sunfish in the lower Weber where the temperature tem-perature and other conditions of the water are best suited to their tastes and needs It is a good thing that they have not been discovered before this M |