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Show Fishing Report Released On Lake Powell Research Fishing and research at Lake) reservoir. ‘They are now found)in their travels ieee he and to 5aid deon by Ulan fisheries biclogist| 20-30 miles above Bullfrog Bay! these fish in the lake. Kent Miller at the recent con-|which is over 100 miles above The majority of the ranbow ventiqn of the Utah Wildlife and) the dam. trout are staying in the iewer Cutdoor Recration Fedration. Crappie are usually found in|15 miles of the lake and genschools and are located in areas erly move out of Wahweep Bay channel ef the 191,468 Lake as or rock slide areas. nearly | There have been crappie taken | ‘Theadfin shad are the uewest as large as 2 pounds. fish stecked in Lake Powell and Walleye were not introduced were planted as a forage fish percent of the fish caught were | into the lake but came down- in anticipation of possibly inlargemouth bass; 21 percent stream from Greep River. troducing striped bass. A frequent question at this season of the year | Concerns the catch of spawners from several of our) Waters open to all ycar angling. Most often mentioned is the take of rainbowin the spawning stage from the big Flaming Gorge Lake. Major concern of these inquiries is that the take of these fish maydeplete the numberof fish for the future in this and other waters. Such is not the case. | The fact is that upwards of 95% of all the trout we harvest are the product of eggs processed in our hatcheries. Even the questionable small percent of natural reproduction in the wild would be mainly were channel catfish; 17 percent Their numbers appear to be excorfined to brook and native in our high elevation were bluegills; 9 percent were) panding with fish up to 7 pounds| lakes, the brown in a few stieams, or possibly the ; and 1 percent) being taken. mackinawin Fish Lake and Bear Lake. trout. Channel catfish are another Our trout, mackinaw excepted, are stream spawn-| § Mr. Miller said, “Lake Pow- species which were not planted) ers. Early in our pioneer history an increasingly ell is now about 175 miles Jong in the lake but were already grave ern was expressed about the lack of trout and contains about 71,00 sur-|in the river system before the By DON ROBINSON in waters once abundant with them, the only trout face acres of water which is gates to the dam were closed of that time being the native cutthroat. Stream about 35 percent of capacity.|Channel catfish are reproducdiversions for irrigation, destruction of spawning The maximum depth is about!ing in the lake and the bes beds, commercial seining, were the chief factors con360 feet at the dam and the/fishing is during the summer water level is expected to rise|month. The largest fish caught tributing to this early day alarni. i |30-40 feet vertically this year came from the extreme upper This condition found the first real change just classes that will be conducted at the Utah Lake | based on the predicted runoff.""| end of the lake and weighed before and right after the turn of this century when 25 pounds. | A well-equipped boat is as imgoverning laws concerning the harvest of fish and State Park inspect items to be used in he classes. Left to right are Cliff Court, Pat Richins, | Reviewing the major species) portant to an enjoyable day on the first hatcheries in which to produce these fish and Bill Carver, Court and Carver are members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 72, of fish in the lake, Miller said) Rainbow trout are previding the water as is the weather, but |that the large-mouth bass were only a small percentage of the cameinto being. Since those long ago days we have |stocked in 1963 and 1964 ana continued to divert, impound and pollute our streams. have been reproducing since {plant of 200,000 fish about 6 shapens les® than shipWe havealso continued to upgrade our hatchery pro1964 and appear to be doing inches long last October has it's a simple, inexpensive matcesses, without which we would now be a “fishless” | well, providing very good fish- |October has been followed in ter to properly equip a small state. ‘The Central Utah Water Safe- sions will be held at the Visitors L, T. Menlove, secretary, Cen-| ing this spring. The largest bass |their movements by using echo boat, suggests the Johnson Mosounding equipmentand verticle tors News Bureau, and a boat There is good reason for isolated cases of spawn- ty Council is sponsoring a ‘Boat Center at the Utah Lake State tral Utah Water Safety Council. caught weighed 7 Ibs, 9 oz, withtherightKind ofaccesories ing trout protection of very short periods — like the Handling and Safety” course for Park. (Provo Boat Harbor), | Phone: 574-5011, Extension 7268. The black crappie were: gill nets, hard-to-get native trout eggs for the Strawberry and all boaters and other interested There is no charge for the stocked in Wahweep Bayin 1964 and 1965 and are reproducing were marked to allow identifi- parame "1" Wom free Sheep Creek lakes — to protect a given species. Other- persons in the Central Utah course or for park entrance. wise, the natural reproduction of any of our trout area, The course will be pre- Inquiries may be directed to cation as they were followed) First, make sure your boat | meets “Coast Guard requireis so small that it is not even considered in the yearly sented by the Salt Lake Flotilla ments. There should be an apallotment of these fishes going into any of our waters. of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxili- OFFERED FACILITIES ary, and is oven to the public, proved lifesaving device in good So do not worry about catching such spawning | condition for each person on fish. Though somewhat less heavy than during this The complete course will con- SYRACUSE, N.Y. (UPI)— Provo Gun Club will hold a| FLIGHT TRAINING | nc —_— Pgasel a sist of thee session scheduled The Syracuse Chiefs baseball period (especially with the eggs removed) they are for, Tuesday May 20, Tuesday ‘club, who lost their stadium in |registered PITA trap shoot Sun-| AIR TAXI America’s pleasure fleet), a still very much edible and you are not hurting the May 27, and Tuesday June 3, AIR AMBULANCE seat cushion, life preserver,ring resource. The truth is any time one catches most 1969. Each sersion will begin a three-alarm fire on Thursday, |day, May 18, at 9 a.m. at the have been offered facilities at MULTI ENGINE buoyor buoyantvest is fine. trout species over two years of age they are taking at 7:30 p.m. and <nd at approx-| Jacksonville, Fla., to complete gun club near the airport, One Itis also # good idea to have Gl and FAA APPROVED hundred 16 yard targets, 100 a potential spawner at any time of the year. imately 9:00 p.m. All three ses- their remaining home games. a fire extinguit It seems probable that the rail line from Provo handicap, and 50 pair of doubles to Heber will likely be abandoned by the ICC at Approved by Airlines will be thrown. Special events request of the operators. Such a though brings ~"" follow if time permits, the memory of a real fishermar long gone to disSome of the best shooters in tant waters, Alf Asmond was our English teachthe state will be entered in the er at the Y and some of his memorable conevent. The public is invited to cerned “The biggest fish I ever caught always got Manager: Mike Jense attend either as shooters or Telephone 373-4360 or 373-9349 away.” His gestures and words told of hooking and Spectators, playing a Provo River whopper, of giving it line so Hunting pressure on Utah)geese for e totalof 18,492 geese the down canyon train folk would see him land it as marshlands increased during| taken during the i968 hunting the cars went by, and then of losing it just as every- the past duck season with 38,754] season, one was watching. : Coincident now with the probable abandoning of the “Heber Creeper” is the proposal and plans to eee year, OVEF season. A total of 520 birds were ),0 mark. re construct a limited access hiway in the canyon. What an opportunity this would be for the hiway department to purchase the old rail bed and right-of-way Ologist, released these figures permit bolders. for a “slow” road adjacent the river to serve sight- in the 1968 waterfowl harvest| A total of 219,000 huntertrips summary from the Utah Divi-| Were taken throughout the State seers, campers, and fishermen in an area where access sion of Fish and Game. during the 90-day waterfowl for public use is already a problem. Here a Major factors of the golden opportunity to preserve something of the past harvest were the good wetland| ‘Tt s cooperation of the public future. recreational the to assurance and give real habitat conditions and good in returning kill questionnaires LaVar Ware tells us his fish and game folks are of local and migrant to determine the harvest was working with the hiway people about this p birds. invaluable and will contribute the like you If time. Hunters harvested 17,404 Can- to the proper management of for the future at the present idea now is the time to let your wishes be known — jada Geese and 1,088 lesser snow 'Utah’s waterfowl resources. not after the plans are finalized and, decause of lack of support, the opportunity is lost. As you plan for the May 31, start of the general fishing season a second look at the smaller lakes could well be worthwhile. All things now point to high water in the major streams jou can bet the oid favorite es will be crowded, Waters like Steineker, Big Sand Cove Wash, Minersville, LeBaron, and @ host of others ANCHORS Away, MS TQUIP YOUR BOAT FOR SAFETY’S SAKE jfish caught at Lake Powell. A Many Plessure boats these days Boaters Set Safety Class About 10 percent of these fish, 0" boa! hy | Provo Gun Club (2% Sre2dne throughout “the Sets Trap Shoot| THE ONLY PLACE TO FLY! Utah Marshlands Have CENTRAL UTAH AVIATION CO. heretodickswa,foreAemaveofhing Et itt il Riverside A series of hole-in-one’s came to Riverside this week. Tuesday, May 13, Lyman Tracy scored an ace on the number three hole. Witnessing his shot was Dave Lewis. Thursday, May 15, two people were the acers. Mrs. Glen (Doris) Allen scored a hole-in one on number 17, a 129-yard hole over the river. She used a nine_iron for her shot, Mrs. Carolyn Clark and Mrs.| Ellen Larson witnessed the hole | in one, which was her first. | Mrs.Allen broke her own course | record recently when she shot | a 75, a brilliant score for a lady golfer. | ‘The second hole in one ofthe | day came whenDr.Craig Clark playing in a foursome with his wife, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fillmore, scored an ace on number three, a 144 yard hole, using @ nine iron. Also witnessing the shot were Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wells, and Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Knudsen. 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