| Show S' S ii P t tr pry r 0 r 4 r t s Mirror I 1 By JOHN MOONEY Telegram Sports Editor The Provo river called with some justification the most fished I stream in the west may gain a I respite In future years if current plans of Commissioner Mark Anderson Anderson Anderson An An- derson of the state fish and game department bear fruit I Commissioner Anderson believes the constant stocking and restocking restocking restocking restock restock- ing of trout streams is not only expensive but it is impractical over the long run The admitted fact that Utah has comparatively little trout water in the state compared to the thousands who wish to fish frequently makes males the business business bustness busi bust ness of stocking streams a here today gone tomorrow business with the planted fish caught and eaten almost as soon as they have been planted Some measure of success might be gained by closing the waters of various streams for a year at a time but even these thes trout would be soon as the water ester was open to fishIng fishIng fishing fish fish- Ing again So Commissioner Anderson is attempting to get some ersatz fishing to relieve the trout streams of af some bt Of the week-end week burden Experiments have shown that the black big mouth small mouth and rock bass of the middle western and eastern states can be raised In some Utah waters In fact at one time bass fishIng fishing fishing fish- fish Ing in Utah lake ranked with the best in the west Utah lake is the first water slated for bass culture but if successful the state may also stock some of the water on the numerous duck r ref refuges e f u g e s a throughout Utah The commissioner has been studying this possibility a great deal and may open the Bullock slough bass hatchery project near Provo in hi the Immediate fu fu- fu ture Work at this plant wits was suspended in 1941 but Anderson believes the actual cost of reopening reopening re ra- re- re raI I opening work vork would be small compared to the good resulting Utah lake lost out as a bass habitat because of the fluctuation fluctuation fluctuation tion of the water and the constant constant constant con con- stant Increase in carp which destroy eggs and roll up the breeding ground While bass have been taken In seines when sportsmen were getting getting getting get get- ting rid of carp there is little or orno orno orno no reproduction among the bass in inU U all lake now Normally bass rep reproduce thousands annually They J They are very prolific and can can canter suffer ter fer extreme changes in tempera tempera tem tem- pera However the commissioner plans to plant the bass in water unsuited to trout fishing Where the trout demand clear cold swift running water the bass lives in warm sluggish h and even even dirty water water- water quite quite comfortably If tah lake e fails falls to produce tho the bass the state will have ha several hundred thousand little bass which bass which will then be released to other ponds and streams Sportsmens Sportsmen's groups throughout the state are asked to cooperate cooperate cooper cooper- ate with the state department in making known potential bass waters Bass fishing compares favorably favorably favorably favor favor- ably with trout fishing for ac ac- tion Experts state that while the bass may tire quicker it will at least equal a trout in fight while it lasts From experience we know that thata a pound four-pound big mouth bass can raise all sorts of devilment on the theother theother theother other end of a light pole Bass fishing would give many their initiation into plug fishing I and artificial bait casting which can be almost as much fun as fly casting when mastered But primarily bass fishing inthe in inthe inthe the state would take hundreds of fishermen off the Provo the Weber Weber We- We V ber and kindred streams Duck J. J clubs could cooperate and provide their members with some summer sports as some already have by stocking their ponds with bass Bass would thrive ordinarily inthe in inthe inthe the grass and weeds of duck ponds f and could provide interesting sport in 10 the summer i- i |
