Show Reservoir plantings successful Phenomenal that's what Division of Wildlife Resources fisheries research biologist Rod Stone Slone terms the growth of striped bass in Lake Powell Fishermen at Wahweap Bay are already catching the stripers in the ten inch bracket The fish were planted in August when they were two inches in length Division biologists are also netting the almost foot Coot length fish Stone noted that When fish are introduced they normally grow very fast for Cor several years then slow down to normal growth rates when populations increase However the stripers' stripers achievement of ten inches in four months was unexpected TilE THE POPULATION will be increased slowly in the lake while its food supply the threadfin shad will be monitored to make certain enough is available The stripers were left leftovers leftovers overs ovens from experiments being conducted at the Divisions Division's new rearing ponds at Wahweap The experiments are being conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted to determine the best techniques for raising the fish Biologist Bruce May is in charge of oC the program which is in its first year at Wahweap Earlier efforts to raise the fish at the Divisions Division's Fisheries Experiment Station in Logan were unsuccessful due to the I cold temperatures at that facility At this point the program in southern Utah appears to be a success Regulations for the stripers will appear in next years year's proclamation THERE IS also good news for fishermen in northern Utah bass planted inFlaming in inFlaming inFlaming Flaming Gorge in the late have been identified in that popular water This is the first indication we have had that the plant was successful said Stone It is believed the fish now being spotted are the second generation of the original fish stocked stacked Stone pointed out that the bass are slow growing Those caught were only eight and nine inches long he said Populations will take sometime to build up since few Cew bass are in the water Thus it will be a while before many can be expected in the creel were also planted in Cache Valley and the Sevier River but it is too early to know whether those stockings were successful or not It is very difficult to get bass said Stone We run into such problems as finding sources at the time of year when plants in Utah will be most successful The source must be the right size and the water should be warm Northern strains of the fish have been planted so it will ha have ve a better chance of survival |