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Show Page Me August 29, 1979 Sporrsfacular, Bass fishing Improved striped bass fishing is the Lake Powell forecast for the rest of 1979 and 1980. This report comes from Chris Chaffin, the Division of Wildlife Resources information officer in Cedar City. The improved fishing, says Chaffin, is a result of the Divisions stocking efforts during the last five years. Since 1975, the Division has raised and released aph fish have proximately 675,000 striper fry. These grown well in Powell and "are now averaging six pounds with an occasional being taken. The past two years have been extremely successful for Wayne Gustaveson, the fisheries project leader at Lake Powell. Gustaveson and his crew raised 222,500 stripers this in the Southern end of year and released them in mid-Jul- y Lake Powell. The fish released this year were larger and healthier than those released in 1978. Striper anglers have been doing well this summer. In fact, during July, most fish caught at Powell were stripers. Chaffin says stripers are now being taken from the dam on the southern extreme of the lake up to Rainbow Bridge.. one-inc- er Safety course On September 6th, a Hunters Safety Course will begin and precede for the three following Thursdays. Those wishing to attend will meet at 515 East 5300 South in South Ogden. This is directly west of the Utah Drivers License Bureau. Hunter safety courses will be conducted the first Thursday of each month and run for the next three weeks. Swan permit applications boing accoptod The Division of Wildlife Resources would like to remind interested sportsmen that applications for the 2500 Whistling Swan permits are now being taken at the Northern Regional Office in Ogden. Deadline for making an application is 5 p.m. September 7. The Special application forms are available at the Division office. Hunters are reminded that only one application may be made by each licensed hunter. Each year several hunters make more than one application and find themselves summoned to court. Waterfowl proclamations will be available soon at all Division offices. Swan hunting for those with permits will be allowed from October 6 through January 6, 1960. Swans generally migrate into Utah around October 20, and build up in Peak numbers of Swans should reach apnumbers by 20,000. proximately mid-Novemb- Vountfd oaM tf ksg soGomdl busk wMd bow back to school when summer days are still in the i .i.LTing90s is old. But for just no fun for a typical i.uk Moss, West Point, he is hoping, as in last years . critical situation, he walks into that first classroom with a grin that will scare his teacher. A grin on the first day of school, there's got to be a story behind it. Mention an archery hunt to Clark, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orrell Moss, and you've said it all. This week and up to September 3rd, you probably wont see Clark with his nose in books, but rather peering througn some mountain shrubbery hunting for that prize buck. Clark, his father, and some 18,000 other hunters will make up the 1979 deer and elk archery hunt expeditions. Weather has been good to this point and is expected to continue to be good, a big factor in a successful deer hunt. It was a year ago that young Clark drew out an arrow, let it deer. LitUe fly, and soon stood over his first archery-bagge- d reason why he wore a grin from ear to ear the first day of school. He is hoping all that same excitement will be relived in this archery hunt Clark, his father and his brother Lance chose the high Uintas for a place to hunt last year. While driving along Lilly Lake Road, a spike was spotted off in the distance, about 40 to . ar - 45 yards away. It was Clark's first trip on an archery hunt and surely far from his last "I've been shooting bows and arrows since I was seven, said Clark, we spotted this spike off in the sagebrush about 40 yards off. I sat there waiting a minute so Lar and I could shoot together Larce never did get ready so i just lei go m l I hit si in the shoulder. The tlcer went I had a chance before that to get about 50 yards then dropj-ea deer but that second shot got rry deer. C!, iV':; father. frrn, who i.as lest count of the number deer he has bagged in both archery and rifle hunting was probably the most proud of the three in that buggy that day. "He deserved it. There aren't too many kids that have put as many hours into practicing as he has, said Mr. Moss. Young Clark, with his Cobra compound bow, has taken a first in Lake Bonneville Boy Scout archery competition and has a couple of second places to go with that. He has an archery merit badge on his Eagle Scout bandeio. 1979 Archery Hunt Both the state's deer and elk herds are in excellant condition with more animals in most areas than past years. In fact, there are surpluses of deer in many areas and elk herds everywhere in the state have been building. Both deer and elk have been concentrated due .to prevailing dry conditions until just a few days ago. Most are apparently not too far from good sources of water. Both big game animals could scatter, however, as archers move into their haunts and they become restless and wary. Heavy color and deep canyons could be the places to look for game after the hunt is a week or so old. Northern Utah is expected to see the heaviest archery hunting pressures relative to both deer and elk. It has some of the best populations of both. In addition, good deer and elk hunting areas in the region are not too far from population centers and hunters, a bit leary or fuel prices, may choose not too drive too far. An incentive for archers this year is the fact they may again bag two deer. The 55 archery permit will give them one buck and they may take another either during the archery hunt or during the regular buck-onl- y general season later. No hunger this season, however, vj!l be ahle to harveri more than two Archers could not apple or a dorr control permit to take anterless or hunter'spnjsvsf cho.ee tb-c- CtAPK MOSS. . . C'u' to bag bis socoed buck. urinals |