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Show THE CITIZEN 12 IllUllllllllllllllllllUillllllllllllUIIIIUII Camping, Fishing, Hunting, Athletics s Slll1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllMllllllllllltllllllllHllllllllllllllllllllHillIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipifgnnimninmmnn MILLIONS OF FISH ARE WRONGFULLY PLANTED. Fingerling Trout Are Unable to Battle Current and Larger Fish. Liver-fe- d . v With the nice spring weather talk among a majority of the sportsmen is in relation to fishing, especially trout fishing. Cat fishing is at its best at the present time in Utah lake, but the fishing in the Jordan narrows is Just beginning, to get good and with a few more warm days many of the catfish from the 'lake will take a swim down the river in quest of suitable spawning beds and food. Many arguments arise among the sportsmen as to the proper method of planting fish in our streams, but of course as only a very few have had any experience in the matter they know little or nothing of final results. Millions of trout have been planted in our streams, but year after year the fishing has been getting worse and there has been a good reason for it. However, last year in several of the streams it was reported that fishing was better than it had been previously and the coming year ought to show some good results because of the many fish that Commissioner Dave Madsen has put in the streams. Some argue that fish ought to be retained in the hatcheries until they are fingerlings or six inches long, and at first thought fish of this length would appear to be the best adapted for the streams, but such is not the fact, however. A liver fed fish will drift ten, yes a hundred, miles with a current, and when these little fish are placed in the streams they drift down stream into the big still holes and there they remain until they are nearly all consumed by the big fish. A small trout is the best bait for catching large fish is trout there is. The liver-fereared in practically still water and knows very little if anything of a current. Also the fish are fed regularly ever yday and when placed in the streams they are not accustomed to rustling and also they are tame and become an easy prey for the larger fish. A hatchery trout .which could be raised in swift running water and where it had to secure its own food would find a natural home in our main fish, never. streams, but the liver-feThere are no Dolly Varden trout in the Provo river. Ten million of such fish could be planted, for instance, say at Charleston, the fish to be raised in a hatchery until they were four or five inches long. It would be a safe bet that the nxet season not one would be caught with hook and line. Why ? Because they could not run the gauntlet of the big fish. They would all be eaten up. Millions of rainbow trout were planted In the Provo river but no one ever caught any until a hatchery near Charleston broke loose a long time ago and thousands of big spawners got into d . d the Provo river and this really started the rainbow trout in that stream. However a few miles above Charleston it is very seldom that one catches a rainbow. Millions of rainbow trout have been planted in the Weber river but few are ever caught in that stream. Other stream sare the same. It all goes to show that with millions of fish planted annually, the rainbow ought to be in much greater numbers than the native, but such is not the case. In planting the fish when they are first hatched, the fish do not feed for about three weeks or a month and when placed in a stream settle down among the rocks where they move about until the time comes when they begin to look for food. At this time they have the natural instincts of the trout and can already take care of themselves. It must be remembered that fish cannot be planted from automobiles. The best success can only be had in planting fish at the head waters or in small spring runs which enter the main stream. Several of the boys of the various county organizations are aiding in planting fish. If any of them will take a can of fingerlings, liver fed from the hatchery, and dump them into a clear . stream where there are large fish and where the fish can be seen, they will immediately get over the idea that they can successfully plant such fish in the main stream of our state or anywhere else. It costs a great deal of money to raise the fish and if a majority of the fish when planted in the main streams become food, the system ought to be changed, if at the present time the fish are being dumped in the main channels. If such a thing could be done, our private hatchery ponds could be turned into one pond and all the fish raised together regardless of size. If anyone wishes to see some fun all that is necessary is to dump a can of fingerlings into a pond where there are two and three pound fish and see what happens to the little fellows. Any hatchery man will teil you that it is impossible to mix different sizes of fish, and what is true of the pond fish is also true of the fish in the streams. The big ones eat the little ones. BEES START BASEBALL SEASON LIKE CHAMPS President Lane and Manager Lewis Have Lineup Hard to Beat Coming Season. Our baseball team. It is sure a dandy. It may not win the pennant but it will surely give the winner a race worth seeing. The boys have taken a good start and there is no reason that with an even break the Bees will give a good account of themselves during the entire coming summer. Baseball is the American national outdoor sport and is by far the most popular of all. Fortunes are invested for ball parks, and the expense of run- ning the various teams runs into millions of dollars. Every American boy at some time or other has been a base-- , s ball player and he thoroughly the game. After his playing years are over he becomes an ardent fan and contents himself by sitting in the grandstand to watch and criticize the younger generation play the game. The boys may not play the game as good as he used to play it, and a majority of the fans can easily pick out the weak points in a team, and most of them positively know that if they were umpires there would be no raw decisions. That is what makes the game so good. Everybody has an exalted opinion of himself and knows just how every play should be pulled. If the manager pulls a pitcher, he is a bonehead; if he allows him to stay he doesnt understand the game, and so the arguments continue all along the rows of seats. For excitement and recreation, there is no game known that will so enthuse the spectator as baseball, and if more business people attended our baseball games they would be more prepared to battle with the life prob Temporarily, the game takes the person away from his business and worries and therefore is a great tonic. If every team in the league was equally matched in playing ability, yet there could be but one team that would, win the pennant. As a rule the best team should win, but in evenly matched teams its the breaks that count. One team will hit safe while the other team unlucky hits the ball into some fielders mit. It is a great game and no one can predict the result of ther-neplay. Everybody ought to support our team and we have one of the best in the league. President Lane of the Bees and Manager Lewis have assembled a bunch this year which will keep the fans keyed up for the balance of the season. under-stsand- TRAP SHOOTERS. Chic Reilley, former state champion trapshooter, led the field with 48 broken targets out of a possible 50, and he also took first place in the doubles, missing but one target out of 12 pair shot at. Reilley always shoots well up and he is a hard man to beat, but during the past few years he has not paid much attention to trapshooting. Ed Heagren has returned again and he powdered 44 out ot a possible 50 in his first attempt. The table herewith gives the number of targets shot at; number broke; s'lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIII I LIBERTY 1 Highest quality oils. Built up to standard not down to a price. If your dealer does not carry them phone Was. 2916 or call at 427 Ness Bldg. MOTOR OILS a Beginning Now! 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