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Show Trout Growing In Reservoirs Reaches Record The raising of trout on natural Lorraine Hood and David Lindsay feed in the fish barren reservoirs hit an all time high in the Huntington Hunt-ington reservoir this year, according accord-ing to G. G. Sanderson of Fair-view, Fair-view, State Fish and Game Commissioner. Com-missioner. On July 12 of this year 633 lbs. of Rainbow trout were planted in the Huntington, these fish weighed 60 to the pounds a total of 3800 fish, 2 to 3 inches long. The waters . were closed to fishing and a catch pond was constructed below the dam. The reservior drained out on September 29, 13 truck loads of fish were transfered, weighing 350 lbs. per load, making a total recovery of 4550 lbs. The recovered fish weighed 7 to the pound (7" to 9") which represents a return of 83 of the fish planted. All of the fish with exception of one load which was planted x in Snow Lake, was planted in the local area as follows: Goosberry CCC 14000. Bench Pond (Beaver Dam) 5600. Bouger Pond 5600. Fairview Lakes 8400. Since we, had no control over the time the reservoir emptied which was 4 p.m. it was necessary to work until 2 a.m. the following morning before the fish were thinned thin-ned down in the gathering pod enough to insure the safety of the remaining fish that had to be left until work could be resumed the next morning. The heavy plant of fish this year in the Huntington is the outcome out-come of a test plant made two years ago by Lee Allen, superintendent superin-tendent of the Ft. Green hatchery. hatch-ery. Three fish trucks were on hand the first afternoon and night to handle the fish, the work was done under the supervision of M. J. Madsen, head of research of the fish and game department, the Green, Glenwood and Midway. The following personel assisted in the work, Lee Allen, Supt. Ft'n Green Hatchery, Robert Howard warden, Nephi; J. F. Powell, supt., Glenwood Glen-wood hatchery and his assistant, Boyd Balle; E. C. Willits, department depart-ment truck driver who drove the truck from Midway; G. G. Sanderson, Sander-son, commissioner and O. V. Anderson, An-derson, local district warden. The Huntington reservoir project pro-ject proved the abundant amount of insect life present in fish barren waters, the utilization of this feed under a trout raising program offers of-fers a plan to supplement the hatchery output and opens a new field in fish production. There are many waters in the state simular to the Huntington reservoir, the value of these waters be determined in the years to come. The transfering of wild fish to fishable waters assures return to the fisherman's creel. |