Show 75 15 fishing regulations set by Wildlife Board Utah children under six years of age must include any fish they catch in the limit of a licensed angler who ho ac nc accompanies companies them in 1975 That Isone is isone isone one of several new regulations regulation set by the tire Wildlife Board Hoard nt at their logan ogan meeting to govern Utah anglers Division of Wildlife Resources Fisheries Chief Donald Andriano recommended the new ruling telling the board the new law should cut the taking of so many fish by families Other resident juveniles juveniles children children hildren 6 through 11 H. are are limited to one half the adult bag and possession limit Residents under 12 are not required to purchase a license TilE THE GENERAL season next year will run May 31 to November 30 Other changes in next years year's proclamation Inn include the addition addition addition ad ad- of striped bass to the list of Utah's game fish The bass newcomers to Lake Powell have shown remarkable growth since they were wem planted in August A limit of oC two has been set Spirit Lake will be open next year to fishing for grayling after being closed for that sp species cies in past years The limit there will be eight fish Willard Bay Inlet Channel will be included with the Provo River next year in a creel limit of of two walleyes Previously the limit there had been six Additionally March 1 t tto to April 30 fishing hours will be shortened at both sites next hext year to be open from 6 am a.m. to 8 pm pm p.m. Daylight Savings Time LAW ENFORCEMENT ENt problems including over limits and nod snag snagging in were the reasons for this change Only one single- single prong hook may be used during that period perlou next year to combat the practice of snagging The whitefish limit will Ill he r e doubled d next year from 10 to 20 fish Additionally whitefish may be bo taken next year in to me Uti Weber River from Dam downstream In the past the river was open from Echo downstream Gunnison Bend and Lower Gunlock Reservoirs will join other waters in the state next year in the no limit regulation for crappie Bluegill fishermen will again enjoy no limits next year except at Pelican Lake where only 20 may be he taken Andriano pointed out that some fishermen have taken several hundred bluegills from the productive water and that the growing population in northeastern Utah has increased increased in in- creased angling pressure there Division Director John E E. Phelps agreed stating staling that it itis itis itis is morally improper for fishermen to take such large numbers of fish NO BAG HAG or possession limit was set for bullfrogs following a closure last YC year Andriano that even cven though there arent aren't very many bullfrogs in Utah neither are there very many persons going after them The lone change among baiting regulations was the bannin banning of hominy Hominy is a acorn acorn acorn corn product and corn has been banned for the past two st seasons Tibbie Tibble Fork ork Reservoir was added to the list of waters where boats with motors are not allowed The reservoir is so small that two water waler skiers can ruin fishing for everyone noted d Director Phelps The board a year ago directed the Division to study streams which might be added to the ish only waters Fisheries biologists studied 18 streams noting length of runoff season amount of brush along banks accessibility size a number of improved campsites in the area proximity to population centers and wild fish populations TWO 11 STREAMS tS were added to the only list They are the East Fork of the Little LittleBear LittleBear LittleBear Bear River from Porcupine Reservoir to the Liberty-Avon Liberty divide road bridge and Huntington reek Creek from Electric Lake downstream to Mill 1111 Canyon southeast of Price Utah Lake Canyon Lake will be opened next year after being closed for chemical treatment this year The East Fork of the Sevier River Below Otter Creek Reservoir will be open January 1 to December 31 1975 while Crouse Reservoir and the tributaries to Reservoir ha have ve been deleted from the year-round year fishing list |