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Show SUCCESSFUL OPENING REPORTED AT LAKES ! Good fishing was the rule Saturday and Sunday on Navajo, Na-vajo, Panguitch, and Fish lakes as these three favorite waters opened to angling for 1955, according to a report from Department De-partment of Fish and Game offices. Fish Lake reports indicate this popular water was on a par with openings of other years. No chub were reported taken proof that control measures in reducing these trash fish at the lake are paying dividends. Panguitch Lake was host to the largest opening day crowd on record for this water. Anglers Ang-lers attracted by more liberal regulations and a large creel limit were generally successful in catching, trout. Chief complaint com-plaint was the great number of chub taken by anglers. The j stale plans to rehabilitate this I lake by eradicating all fish sometime in August this year. Reports from Navajo Lake tell of excellent fishing returns. This water was cleared of trash fish hist fall and restocked this spring in the state's major effort to date in rehabilitating waters filled with trash fishes. j The department noted that j one major area was still closed to angling. This area comprises ' the High Uinta mountain waters where commission action set opening date this year as June 25. 1 Anglers were also reminded that still later openings and earlier closures were also set to meet trespass and other problems prob-lems on some small areas. Sportsmen were again urged to cieck their angling regulations in the 1955 proclamation and watch for. these posted areas whenever afield. |