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Show Program Shows More fish Acfyally Caught There are two types of fish tags being used on Utah's fish. Certain numbers of fish are being tagged with numbers furnished by Radio Station KSL. Many of these tags bring cash awards on return. It is interesting to note that 42.9 per cent of all the tags placed on the fish for KSL in 1949 were returned that same season, and in 1950, ten per cent of all the tags j were returned the first ten days of the fishing season. However, there are hundreds of tagged fish still at large, many with substantial substan-tial cash prizes. The fish tagging operations of the Utah Game Department are also al-so revealing interesting facts. Seventy-eight per cent of all the tagged fish placed in the Logan River were returned the first year. The tagging operations are conducted con-ducted in the interest of getting more information to guide the Fish and Game department in its planting plant-ing operations. This year some of the tagged fish were placed in the streams before the heavy run-off occurred. Several thousand were placed in the upper Provo, and until three days ago, none had shown up as far down as Deer Crpplr Reservoir. Rinnfi then, t.wn have been caught. The fish tagging operations at Fish Lake indicate that year that fish can be successfully planted under the ice. Several tons of fish were planted under the ice at this spot to relieve the over-crowded hatchery conditions. These fish are now showing up in great numbers. num-bers. Although they have not shown much growth, the quality of the meathas greatly improved. Other fish tagging operations will indicate whether spring or fall plantings should be favored. The Game Department is planting plant-ing at least two million legal sized fish this season. Judging from the tag returns to date, it is easy to see that Utah's fishermen are harvesting har-vesting a much larger crop than is generally presumed. |