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Show Egan said, "We are encouraged by the early reports concerning our efforts to establish this fine game fish in several of Utah's waters that have not been too productive of desirable species during recent years." He again urged all anglers to report any catches of walleyed pike to their nearest warden or to department headquarters in Salt Lake City. It was no-ted that pike may be taken by all legal angling methods so long as they are 7" long or longer. Original plants were made two years ago in Hyrum, Pineview, and Echo Reservoirs. Plants have since been made in Utah lake, Yuba reservoir, res-ervoir, Clear Lake, Borham Lake and the Lower Sevier River drain age. Early fishing reports from the state's high mountain waters which opened Saturday, June 27, show at least an average success compared to other years. At a checking station set up on a main access road into the north slopes of the Uintah mountains the average catch was eight fish per license holder. The take included in-cluded rainbow, brook, and natives. Catches made from the on-the-road waters stocked with wild raised fish last fall indicate a real success for this program. These fish, all rainbow, were' in fine flesh. A creel census of fish caught where such plants were made showed a high rate of survival. Only meager reports are so far in from the higher elevations reached only by long pack trips. First information tells of good fishing in spite of the late season conditions above the nine thousand foot level, where ice still covered some of the lakes. Any anglers planning a trip to the higher elevations during the month should go prepared to meet these conditions. Fish and Game News Notes . . . An inventory survey of Utah's fishing waters was recently begun by the State Fish and Game Department. De-partment. Purpose of the project is to evaluate the fishing potentials poten-tials of all streams, lakes, and reservoirs. res-ervoirs. Needs of individual waters regarding re-garding adaptability of various game fish species, available food, pollution problems, and other data necessary , to a maximum production produc-tion of fish, are expected to result from this work. This three year program is a federal aid fish restoration project. pro-ject. Costs are reimbursable at 75 cents on the dollar expended from Dingle-Johnson funds, which are derived from a federal tax on all sports fishing equipment. Two crews of three to four men each will conduct the work under supervision of the fisheries division. divis-ion. Wm. J. McConnel is the project pro-ject leader. Twenty-one thousand, four, five and six inch rainbow trout were recently planted in Bear Lake, Rich county. This plant was made in an attempt at-tempt to determine which size of trout will economically show the greatest return to the angler. Pre- vious stocking experiments with legal sized rainbow have shown excellent results, though at greater great-er cost. All fish planted were marked by fin clipping as an aid to department depart-ment employees who will conduct a continual creel census through the season to determine success of this experiment. This is another Fish and Game Department federal aid, Dingle-Johnson Dingle-Johnson fisheries project. A walleyed pike weighing one pound seven ounces and fourteen inches in length was caught at Hyrum reservoir last week. Examination Exam-ination showed the fish to be one of those of the original plant made in this reservoir two years ago. It was taken on a moving lure by a shore fisherman. Numerous reports have come to the Fish and Game Department this year concerning the taking of walleyes from several of the waters wa-ters planted with this species during dur-ing the past two years. This is the third instance where a fish has been brought in for actual examination exam-ination and study. Department Director J. Perry |