Show CUA HAS HARD IN BEHALf oi Of MUCH DESPISED CARP Fish Commissioner ThinKs Fish Has lias Use and Besides Feeds the Bass sass Fred W. W Chambers state fish and game gains commissioner says that a a. majority of ot people have ha the opinion that carp are a detriment to the waters of the state and that they should be gotten rid of altogether altogether altogether alto alto- gether while in reality these fish are doing more to build up the bass fishing in Utah lakes takes and streams than any other source In speaking o of tho o carp this g rr morning g Mr Chambers said al Carp are ve vegetarians They will suck stick at the roots of the weeds wt eds in the wat r until the weeds weeda die Most people think this in is bad because it takes away food from froin the other othet varieties of fish This Is true all right but while the weeds are being eaten by the carp the tire young youn carp are being devoured by the bass base In the waters of several counties In fn the state where we have noticed the carp clearing out the vegetation we wo have the following season noticed that the vegetation aPpeared appeared ap aP- aP a again ain and arid was allowed to grow because the carp bad hall been killed off oft I I look to see Utah lake one of the tire best bass fishing grounds in the country There are man many carp in this lake now but each season we notice that the tho number number number num num- ber decreases and that the bass are thriving ing In all In all of the waters where we have planted bass which have to mingle with the carp we find that the bass grow wonderfully and that the young youns carp rapIdly rapIdly rapidly rap- rap Idly disappear Carp are valuable a U t too o ob b because In the ea east they are smoked ke ked ket d and d sold t Srn in large I quantities This has become quite an in industry in- in fr in some places I s The carp I at t which h so many persons turn up their noses are really good eating when prop properly rIy pre pre- 1 pared In Panguitch lake there are millions of chub The smoking of this variety of low water fish will be quite an Industry too If It a a. man would do nothing but catch these fish I believe he could make good money Four years from now I predict Utah will be a a. mecca for sportsmen who enjoy fishing The fish we have hav planted are growing in great shape The streams and lakes of the state are alive with the best varieties of bass and trout today I advocate advocate advocate ad ad- an open fishing season all tha the year round two years from now My Idea would be to close certain streams in In various parts of the state for four years and arid leave all aU of the rest open for Cor fishing In the closed waters we would plant the young fish and at the end of or the four years vears we would open these streams and close the ones where the fishing had been carried on Today and Monday the department will wilt plant 1001 00 eastern casters brook and rainbow rain rainbow bow trout fry in the waters vaters of Juab county of ot the same varieties in Hobble creek In Utah county and In the streams of Davis county The fish that we planted In Weber Cache and Box Elder counties a year ago are aie from eight to ten Inches long and andare andare andare are In fine shape |