Show Heavy Snows Swollen Streams Point Poi i iTo To Poor Opening of Fishing Season With the opening of the general general gen gen- eral trout fishing season coming this Saturday the outlook for tor fora a successful opening day looks pretty grim for residents of the Moab area Late heavy storms and an above normal snowfall in the mountains will keep the tha fishermen from their favorite high country haunts Game Warden Dan Winbourn stated Wednesday that most of the mountain lakes and streams are still snowed in and due to this fact tact no stocking has taken place so SQ far ar this spring He said that road conditions In the mountains moun are very bad and snow now and andice andice ice have many of the tle spots pots virtually closed dosed to the angling sport port Fishing in the low land streams I H I. e expected to be far below par also as heavy run oft from the mountain watersheds caw SV kept them In a 11 high J and d rolly roily conditiO condition condition condi condi- tion tiO all spring Warden Winbourn Winbourn Win Win- bourn boum stated He tie said however that as soon as an road conditions permit stocking of the fishing grounds with size legal trout willbe will willbe willbe be accomplished by State Fish and Game crews Another note nose of warning to season early anglers angler came in the tho form torm of ot the tho announcement that the tho now pw lakes built by the La Sal n cub club on the Beavercreek Beaver cr creek of the north porth end eid of the tbt La Sal mountains mountain will wUI be closed t to fl ac for the first firt part of the season at least Mr Winbourn Winbourn Win Win- bourn stated that these two new I lakes had been stocked last August August Aug Aug- with fIngerling rainbow trout In hopes that they would attain legal size by this fishing season However he stated the fish are presently too small tot for legal catches and the waters water will have to be kept closed until the tho fish reach a larger size On the state scene last minute reminders were issued by the Utah Department of Fish and Game this week to the expected anglers who will be afield over the June JUM I week-end week for the opening of the general trout season sea sea- son Good news came from the tho US U.s. Weather Bureau early this week In the tho form pf of a prediction for no general storm period through Saturday Sa above bove normal temperatures temperatures tempera tempera- tures during the week and only the po possibility of local thunder thundershowers thundershowers thundershowers showers Insofar as any storm was concerned The department said aId however that the br break in the weather following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing towing what has been a record cold old spell so 10 0 far tar this spring had bad arrived too late to I change earlier predictions These predictions much of ie ne high country still closed fa In by snow mow and many waters that could pot not be planted with from the hatcheries until the high waw water wa wa- tar ter had bad passed Again on th tb the bright side aide the heavy precipitation plus t the larg est eat crop of fish yet produced at atthe atthe atthe the states state's twelve hatcheries corn com bIDe bine to assure more consistent creel returns throughout the tho sea on n. n The following were listed as important conditions and regulations regula regula- lions to be remembered d before era going goin afield June 1 Check Cheek on a local basis before bet ne taking to t the e side aide roads In the mountains Many such roads wiLlbe will willbe be impassible or too m muddy to Camp grounds will win be wet anywhere anywhere any any- where above the foot cIa ele Go prepared to nir tatI 4 these conditions both with proper proper- camping equipment and aad with chains l nd l the other extras in your car Official opening hour hoes U Is a m. m closing time 9 S pm p.m. the first tb-st day and daily dally until end of or season on October 6 Possession and bag limit are are- one and the same 10 fish or seven seven soyen sev soy en pounds and andor r one fish whichever whichever whichever which which- ever is caught first The one exception ex ax- is 14 the limit for juveniles under 12 years of age Limit Umit for tor these youngsters is h four fish fW or three pounds whichever i is caught I first Minimum length for trout is seven Oven ven inches except t there thare may mayben mayben ben in oath each limit three fit under wider seva in should be t ure i te to have a proper l J Nt to sIk t be- be O- O i IoN for afield |