| Show III ANGLERS AWAIT WAIT A FISH OPENING r TROUT SEASON BIG LURE FOR REEL EXPERTS Heavy Planting Program Holds Out Bright Prospects for Utah Sportsmen By WENDELL ASHTON When the clock strikes lour four Thursday morning waters in lakes and streams of Utah will vIll begin splashIng splashing splash splash- ing with the impact of thousands o of hooks sinkers spinners flies and other lures as the 1933 Beehive fishing fish ing lag season gets officially under way Highways of the state w were re buzzing with limousines Wednesday as angiers an an- giers began the scramble for favorite fishing holes On the eve of the season season sea sea- son opening the wise birds were predicting pre that most of at the splashing will come from bait hooks rather than from flies mes They point out that the waters are still stin high and roily in most sections sections' of or the state land that it will willbe willbe be almost a month before right good fly fishing will be in order GOOD WEATHER PROMISED According to J J. J Cecil Alter of ot the weather bureau there will be little change in weather conditions for the opening Present indications show slightly cooler weather for Thursday with clear skies forecast The state department nt has been conducting conducting con con- ducting a heavy rainbow trout plant plant- Ing ng program State Fish and Game Commissioner Newell B. B Cook announces an noun es that there are enough legal sized rainbow trout available to continue continue continue con con- planting for two more months Although bait fishing will predominate predominate nate all aU types of angling methods are promised for the opening Bait and spinner fishing will be bc ben in n order in all aU of the streams Stinking Springs Lost Creek and the upper Logan river are the only streams which promise good fly fishing on the opening Trolling will be in vogue at Fish Fishlake Fishlake lake ake Puffers Puffer's lake and Panguitch lake ake Incidentally the Puffers Puffer's lake highway was opened to traffic Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- Saturday day although the lake is still surrounded surrounded sur sur- r rounded by snowdrifts Uintah and Granddaddy lakes will not be open for tor or angling until July 1 1 and Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- berry has been closed for tor the season For those fishermen who plan to do doall ail all of their angling before work Thursday there are several local streams which can be reached in less than han 30 minutes Spring Runs near Murray has always been a popular stream catering to hundreds of fishermen fish tish ermen on the opening This haunt usually resembles the state fair on n the ope opening ing Other close in favorites include Parey's Parleys Parley's Par Par- leys ley's Cottonwood and nd Mill creek The Cottonwood streams still are are still terrifically terrifically ter ter- ter high a and should yi yield better results in July WELL-STOCKED WELL STREAMS S A little farther away are such streams as East canyon We Weber r and Provo I All AU of these have been well sto stocked ked and promise some full baskets baskets bas bas- on the opening Bait and spinners spinners spin spin- ners will be the best lures Still farther are Logan river and andst Lost st creek on the north north- Stinking Springs on the east cast and Fish lake Panguitch lake Puffers Puffer's lake Antimony Antimony Anti Anti- mony river and others Anglers are arc warped to keep the fish ish and game laws in mind Such bait ait as beef steak is forbidden while the limit of trout is 30 fish ish or ten pounds All AU fish must be over seven inches in length and fishing must bedone bedone be bedone done between the hours of 4 a. a m. m and 9 p. p m. m |
