Show 12 million trout planted in Utah streams this year When the fishing is slow the common complaint usually goes something like Why dont don't they ever put any fish Inthis in inthis inthis this place When the fishing Is good the standard phrase usually sounds like Boy am I Isome Isome Isome some kind of fisherman I But fast or slow the fish are there In a typical year Fisheries personnel raise and stock some 12 million trout in Utah waters two different sizes of fish are planted in Utah's streams and reservoirs Fingerlings which are three to five inches long when stocked make up the largest portion of the 12 million fish stocked annually However 15 million of the total number of offish offish offish fish planted are averaging ten inches in length and weighing approximately one third of one pound Fisheries managers utilize the natural production potential of reservoirs by planting fingerlings and allowing them to grow Into larger fish Although this is true of most reservoirs In the state some heavily fished spots are also supplemented with stocks of Slue Since few streams in Utah have sufficient habitat to produce sufficient numbers humbers of sizeable fish naturally cat are typically planted to pr provide anglers with fishing opportunity and a relatively good chance o of success Over a year three-year period studies show that approximately 75 percent of the planted are caught by fishermen Low water conditions have made it necessary this year for stocking programs to be altered in some Instances redesignating some fingerling plants and stocking more to waters that will held sufficient water to support the populations Koosharem Reservoir anglers for example were treated to some cat chable rainbow trout planted in addition addition ad ad- to the normal quota of fish Flaming Gorge and Starvation Starvation Star Star- Starvation Reservoirs together received some saine fingerlings in the same period Most of the stocking efforts Utilize rainbow trout but grayling brown cutthroat lake and brook trout are also stocked stoc |