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Show BASS PLANTING IS PROBABLE IN UTAH LAKE Bass fishing may become a major ma-jor sport in Utah in the future, it appeared today as the Utah Fish and Game department made plans to revive work on the Bullock slough bass hatchery project near Provo. Constructed primarily to supply bass for Utah lake, the hatchery may also provide bass for other suitable bodies of water throughout through-out the state. Mark Anderson, fish and game director, recently made a survey of the project, and reported that work, suspended in 1941, will be revived and the hatchery given a thorough test. Actual cost of finishing fin-ishing the project will be little, he reported. At one time, Utah lake was the best bass water in the intermoun-tain intermoun-tain region if not the entire west. Many tons of bass were seined and sold on the open market mar-ket until commercial fishing was stopped. However, bass in the lake continued to decline until now it is a rare thing if a bass is caught there on a hook. Anderson said primary reason for the decline was the fluctuations fluctua-tions in water level and infestation infesta-tion of carp. While those caught now in carp seining appear to be thrifty, there is little or no reproduction. repro-duction. Game experts believe that the production of bass fry and finger-lings finger-lings on a large scale in protected and controlled ponds for planting in Utah lake would solve the problem prob-lem there. The department is now in a position to try the plan and if it works, Anderson said, the cost of the Bullock's slough project will be fully justified. If Utah lake fails to respond, a large supply of bass will be available for stocking other waters. |
