Show Good Fishing in Prospect as Anglers Prepare for to forO FISH PLANTING IN STATE HAS ROUSING START I Good Fishing in ill Prospect in Near-By Near Streams Bait Favored By Br WENDELL ASHTON For those Ike Waltons who will be content with angling in nearby streams beginning with the season opening June 15 there should hould be an abundance of good fishing At least present trout planting statistics as released released re re- re leased at the state fish and game ol offices ot of- indicate that Already more than rainbow trout ranging from 7 to 10 inches in length have been planted in local loca streams and approximately that many more will be poured into these waters water before June 15 All of ot these legal legal- size rainbows have been taken from the rearing ponds at Kamas and a at Murray STOCKING G OF STREAMS IS Here is how the streams have been stocked thus far this spring Parleys Parley's Big Bia Cottonwood Little Cottonwood Cottonwood Cot Cot- 1875 Mill creek 2925 Silver Silve lake 2000 Moon lake 2000 In ad ad- there have been sized legal fish ish planted in Spring runs Local streams should offer after the best beston results on bait fishing durin during th the earlier part of the season State Fish Fisl and Game Commissioner Newell B Cook announces However there ther should be some excellent fly fishing on the smaller streams and the lakes All of the local streams were planted heavily with trout last fall and with wit the addition of the rainbows stocked this spring fine line catches are prom prom- The larger streams in the state stale anc and the various lakes also promise excellent excellent excel excel- lent fishing ishin for the seasons season's opening Last years year's drouth will have its effect on many of ot the smaller streams which have not been stocked so heavily as yet Weber Logan Blacksmith Fork Provo and Duchesne rivers will a again ain be popular choices of anglers East canyon stream is another in close-in favorite favorite fa fa- fa while the Uintah county streams Rock creek Carter creek and Sheep creek should yield some fine catches on the opening Fish lake as usual will be the big lake attraction bein being heavily stocked and offering all kinds of oC fish fish- ing Thousand lake and Boulder lake near Loa will afford some good angling for those carin caring to reach their fishing haunts via pack horse Far ther south are arc such havens as Panguitch Panguitch Pan Pan- lake and Puffer lake Then there are Schofield dam and Bear lake The la latter ter should be one of the he leading haunts in the thc state in a afew afew few tew years Several fishing haunts will not be opened until July 1 They Include the lakes in the Uin Uintah mountains above an elevation of at feet and Strawberry All of the thc lakes above that hat limit at the head of ot the thc Duchesne Duchenne Provo Rock creek U Uintah Green and Bear rivers will be closed until July 1 This does docs not include Moon lake in Duchesne west vest fork of oC the Duchesne or Red creek from Victory highway to o the head or Current creek CLOSED STREAMS IS Streams and lakes that will wm be closed for the year car include Little Cottonwood creek in m Murray J City park only Brush creek in Uintah county from mouth of gorge one half mile down Fish lake within radius of oC 50 feet of mouth of Twin Iwin creek Echo dam darn for feet above dam to feet below dam darn and Broi Brot ditch in Pleasant View from he heto to waste wast aste gate at Lake Bottom can canal Fishing fee this year will be bc I t same as usual usual 2 2 for fishing or for tor both fishing and hunting Li tin Lir of 30 trout or 10 pounds will p pI vail and the usual heavy fines v w be posted for illegal usage of bs ba fishing in m closed streams and oth ott misdemeanors |