Show M R 3 Ps i i i f t. t a f r t 1 t r a JIM Ducks Unlimited member left and Ted Disko hold a painting of snow geese which will be auctioned during the Ducks Unlimited banquet Saturday at the Elks Lodge Many other items will be auctioned off The proceeds will go toward the preserving of duck nesting grounds General fishing season to open sooner By John C C. C Dickerson Conservation Officer West Vernal District In case you haven't heard the general fishing season will be opening early this year jear The season will open the weekend of oftay May tay 14 The reason for this move is because of the our drought streams are in the best condition condition con con- now that they will be in all year and they are ready for stocking Another important reason is that we are running into problems at some som of our hatcheries with too little water and too many fish Normally at this Utis time of the year jear the cat cat- chable fish 8 is 10 10 i are ready to be stocked but we are at the peak of the runoff and the fish cant can't be put into the high waters aters Th This year we have the same number of fish ready but butin butin in fn some cases only half the water available at the hatchery facility I This his early opener will pertain only to those waters that were scheduled to open on June In our area that would be Starvation Oaks and East tast Parks Brough etc It U does not include our waters that were scheduled to open later in the year jear ear Thin year will be the firs first t opener for Brough and to tell the truth we are not too sure what to expect We planted bass in it two years ago and they should be in the 10 size range now but the question is will they bite since the water may still be on the cold side Our also showed a fair population of n cutthroat these present-these 16 18 lB last fall These f fish ish were not stocked but came down the Ute canal Brough has no improved facilities and there are none planned-in planned fact there is no boat launching ramp so go prepared to carry a boat to the water if you intend to do some trolling n |