Show I v THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING 'APRIL 24 Utah Anglers Lee Kay Traces Strawberry Lake Let’s Go xr GiveLViews -History and Sees Mood Angling for the all" Fishing On ’38 Laws t By Don Howard Lee Kay educational director state fish and game commission settled his khakt-cla- d six feet and 200 pounds more comfortably In his chair pushed back his ranger’s hat and looked around at " the group of sportsmen: “The history of tho Strawberry reservoir provides the most Interesting study in problems of fish propagation and habitat In the state of Utah” be said “For instance back in May of 1933 Dr A S Hazzard who was at that time associate aquatic biologist for the federal bureau of fisheries with headquarters at the University of Utah conducted a survey at the reservoir to determine the cause in the decline of fishing find to serve as a guide for future stocking “He found winter ice Vas forcing its way down through the shallow water that excess plant ilfe on the bottom was decomposing and giving' off carbon dioxide and that the trout were dying from ot lack of oxygen A sample from an depth showed the oxygen content to be 23 parts per million while 4 ppm is considered the lowest amount of oxygen essential to support trout life Here Lee was Interrupted: “U that’s the ease it seems k waste of good fish to ever plant the reservoir again" State Game Chief’s Office Gets Flood of Letters Indication ao far are that the elaborate fish ladders constructed at Bonneville dam on the Columbia river will work The measure Just when Newell B Cook stats of their success however will not be known for another three or fish and gams commissioner Would funcfour months If they don’t ths 1938 angling season was tion one of the greatest sports in open matter a of conjecture during ths the lntermountam country hunting salmon in the Salmon Week as letters from Utah sport' will be dealt men’s associations and gam ward' v river of Idaho a death blow It doesn’t look like sns poured into th capital each that will happen right away its' recommendation for the the steelhead run on the Salmon with this year has been reported good date fishermen will begin their anAnd steelhead corns from the Pa nual battle with the Wily trout clflc too blazing the trail to A study of the flood of correspawning grounds that salmon fol- spondence indicated a majority pf low later in ths season th groups would like to see the season open on June 15 Next best XT bureau S to the According liked dates were June 1 and May of fisheries the fish protective and a few gave reasons for even i works at Bonneville are the 29 earlier opening most elaborate ever devised Most all were agreed on a lower Four ladders each as wide as a creel limit the majority urging 20 four-lan- e been have highway fish a day or 10 pounds and one constructed along with three fish Possession suggestions varied sets of double flshlocks which widely as locks same the operate much It is from this mass of data that for ship navigation In addstate's game chief hopes to the for flngerllng ition three passes formulate 1938 laws which will be downstream salmon migrating acceptable to all anglers have been provided1 along with Suggestions were: traps of collecting a system Provo Wild Life UMCiatlon— Opit May Limr 22 will if not that date aarlier fish which pass the through 10 pounds and ons fish on streams to the ladders or locks Thus lakes 15 fish not to exceed 10 pounds suggest closing south fork of Provo sarly to aid Salmon ascending the river will Geom&n brown spawning have their choice of easy Jumps Cache County Fish and Gams Protectivs from one “step" to the next on association —Juns 15 sot more than 20 per day pounds in locks Tribune Intermountain Service the or the ladders using Fish and Gama Protectivs association— Open on June 5 IDAHO FALLS Idaho — Seventy Which they will be raised autoWilliam H Anderson game warden at matically to the water level Ogden — June 15: 20 fish 10 pounds and dollar in prize money Is still flyn one fish suggest closing spillway at Pine above the dam View dam ing about Bonneville county Henry Escalante Rod and Gun cluh— June 15 S Martin of Idaho Partial counts of' salmon pass- close Falla BonnePine creek for season Fish and Gams Protective ville Bprinevllle ing through the ladders have been association— association Sportsmen’s County ' And stream Jun both laks 15 made for the past several weeks 20 fish or 10 pounds possession 15 pounds bird committee chairAmerican Fork and Lehi wild Life fed- predatory and as the run Increases counting erations— Juns 15 20 fish possession 20 man in charge of the annual magstations have been added to make So far no pounds William J Holladay superintendent of pie eradication drive reporta a more accurate check count-arKamas fish hatchery— Between June Seventy-fiv- e banded magpie were figures pn the actual 15 and Each counting station available Beaver County Fish and Came club— 15 MinersvUle reservoir open year liberated here two weeks ago but consists of a picket Carrier across June around Kent’s lake closed from July 10 only one has been killed The slain the ladder near the upper end to September 1 as fish ar not edible Claud HcFarlane Cedar City gam war- bird was liberated In front of the which has three grated openings count-e-d den— June 15 exceptions Parowan creek store of Don Kugler sponsor in through which the - flh re count Enterprise serervolr Pine Valley reservoir the business district and shot That and stream in Washington eounty all to as they passon May 20 Duck Creek springs to week later in the yard of his home streams open alongSwith the “take" on remain closed 4 5 fish per day nine pounds one mile west of the city by Arthur and Idaho andone fish 15 pounds possession In Oregon Washington Tooele County Wild Life federation— Russell Jr He received $5 Will tell the story of the success June 1 20 fish or eight pounds and one Grand prizes will be awarded fish close first quarter mile' of Clover creek or failure of the fish ladders L Winners will be determined from aprlnga C C C cttrrtp July Summit wild Life federation— June 1 on basis of points Eggs will count There’s still no indication as 20 fish close Heiners creek in Echo canyoung birds two yon and 300 feet below Echo 4am for one point each 'to when Commissioner Newell entire year old birds four Heads B Cook will give the “GO” sigWellevlUe Wild LUa federation— May 30 points and and eggs must be turned in at 25 fish 10 pounds nal for Utah anglers Suggested FI eh and Game Protective the Blasium Brothers shop on dates range from May IS association— Low elevations June 1 high elevations June 15 closing date Septem- Broadway street here where points through June 15 with 9many and ber 30 10 pounds 20 fish possession 15 will be officially tabulated sportsmen favoring May dark pounds Bounty of 2 cent per head for Elder Wild Lift federation — May 29 its double holiday and to start 15 Box fish or 10 pound and one fish birds and 4 cents for old young of the moon as the time Parowan Fieh andL Gam association-StreamJune 1 lakes June 15 15 flih one will be paid by the association the season At any date within will be or nine pounds and one fieh possession 15 and state until June 15 Martin adthat time the anglerselect ttie pounds Cedar City Fieh and Game Protective vise hard put to It to week this association-Under tOOO feet May 22 Magpie ar found in numbers killing lure Last feet June 15 15 fieh or nine t use above 7000 Taylor Henry and Willow creek department suggested that pounds and one fish possession 15 pounds and along shores of Snak river Washington County' Fish md ef a wet fly might P®Miby ?” tective association— June 1 2Q fish or 10 tail a trifle more angling ability pounds Hanfcn Brigham City gam warden than the dry fly addict needs —Lo June 1 six pounds doss Now to go a hit farther Nichols slough to ld catfish Gunnison Valley Fish and Gam Fro possibly out on a limb maytective association-- Low altitudes Juno 1 comes the suggestion that high altitudes Juns 15 10 pounds or 20 fish be the bait fisherman ha his Lewis Abbot Tremonton gams ward an— merits too May 29 20 fish or 10 pounds possession same Salt Lake County Fish and Gamo assoPlenty of anglers will us bait ciation — 29 20 t Wily Magpies U 18-fo- 6 “Not at years passed 1938 Bird climbing tip In decreases "We have one thing to fear If the ' leVel reaches the low mark of the drouth yean we can’t expect anything buj fish suffocation especially if for long pebard winters keep the lake riods “One thing has helped the Strawberry cause Water psers have been granted the privilege of taring runoff water out of Currant creek through the newly constructed C C C canal which should give the lake more water a meager supply it is true but it will help The reservoir has been stocked with 'cutthroats and salmon and it is my prediction they will thrive “What kind of fishing are we going to have there this year Lee?1 someone asked “Boys I believe you can count on the Strawberry from now on” and Lee folded up his reports and headed north to talk to the Box Elder Wild Life federation ice-bou- More Trout for Utah 9 r -? HSUlIttli kitilns ffect But know how to do that they havetotomak it atto handle that bait Thatmuires trout the to tractive skill and study as is just as muchthose who us the fly required by casters who frown upon the bait fisherman and his methods And dry fly caster are inclined to belittle both the bait and wet And here are fly fishermen creels dry fly anglers in whose and bait can re- box wet fly book are the anglers who b??vein glvi wh good fishing logic And anyone Wishing to publicly to lure voice his preference as is along with the reasons 'why welcome at any time to 100 words in this department And it might be well to point exout here a fact or two most perienced anglersthe know brown trout And that’s that feeder and is primarily a surface the eastern brook an underwater are feeder Browns frequentlybrooks taken on wet fUes and often rise to tho floating fly bait but both wiU tak natural The right wet if it’s presented Just rainbow goes for bait and fhes and the native water watches the top of tho surface but both will feed on the The Dolly op below it if hungry fly 1 a Varden taken on a dry course the of and exception as deep mackinaw which stays his food possible looks for there a where he hangs out Solure fish for every kind of Pick the right one and youin r the cinch to bring something creel back to camp deer in Anyone who’s seen a action can vouch for the last In Casper Wyo week Frederick V an Horn gardener received a court Judgment of $1820 because Wyoming deer are highonJumpSepers Fred alleged that tember 20 last year a herd of wire deer Jumped a high barbed fence around his Casper mountain garden and devoured the hearts of 52000 head of lettuce ruled toe Judge C D Murnanecommission state fish and game was responsible and should pay cut-thro- at the damage Pretty good re- turn on the crop at that FISHING— i rTROUT OF LARGE TROUT PLENTY Fly fUhini— Tackle Furnished Clear View Fish Farm MTU SOUTH—Between Sth East and HirhUnd Drive Fh IdMw SIS Gary Luna Mr WASHINGTON April 23 IB-- Th birds ar flying" north again d and four govern ment men art rattling along th highway In hot pursuit Their job Is following th duck andgeeae north to th Afttio in summer and far aouth into hinterland Mexico in th winter But duck don’t stick to hightravel-tougbne- and way over ths before a man summer 1 at th mouth of the Mackenzie and another on th Yukon may be checking nests by boat Each man work alone They follow the historla routes of th various ions breed each of bird bird family For generatha followed traditional route —some along Atl&ntio coast some along th Mississippi some over the western mountains and other along the Pacific coaat Its th Sample migrating men cannot check each flock of bird aa it move along It course But they sample here an d there to let Wuhington know how th ducks and geeie are faring When drouth develops’ In lakelands th flyway Cana- dian must whether the birds When other birds and mals become thick in section checker learns how his duck geese doing in th battle judge survive y a the man will ani- ar food and shatter Where bird-killin- g abound he check wanderers’ plight animals With flyw&ys again lay out hunting Th roving reporter’s judgment helps determine how long the season will be and how big the bag limit officials who must for th Brief Rests they canat pause a falL When in few day S C Charleston headquarter Edwardsville 111 Denver Colo and Berkeley Cal the flyway men rest a bit and write report "It’s tough job” sighed Frederick C Lincoln their supervisor a Recreation? “They hunt in can" season when they Webfoots Win BOSTON April 23 UP) Goodwin A C Saturday announced cancellation of next Monday's boxing program at the arena Tiger Jack Ipox of Seattle Wash and Tustin Sirutis New York heavy- weight were to hav aupplied th feature bout a— ting was designed to take and' Gam association G G Bruce Jennings Philip O Hurst Wells Thompson and Bart Thorpe of the Sanpete County Fish and Game association Grant Fouta of Mayfield and Elmo Irons field car of man for the Gunnison sugar fach Approxj-tFia- re Sanderson -- younger anglers and those who do tory not hav tlms or means of travel Plant Olive Tree ing afield Concrete rearing ponds RICHFIELD — Members of the ar receiving a final test before be Sevier County Fish and Game ProIng put into us again within the tective association and Elwin Clowgame warden this week plantnext few days when a large shi- ard ed 100 Russian olive trees on tho pment of brook flngerlinga are ex- Sevier bird sanctuary to provide feed for upland birds Russian pected from th hatchery at oliva is considered one of the beat During the early apring and summer plantings will be made In bird feeds available and the assoexpects to plant more in th Black's and Smith’s forks Dr L C ciation future wer obtained from Goodman chairman of the Uinta the local They school with ths cohigh County Sportsmen's rassociation A of M Maughan prinoperation 1 says cipal who held th tree in th nursery until they wer ready BRIGHAM CITY— Lee Kay edn local ’ cational director of the stats fish for transplanting and gam commission gav an Staggered Season lustrated lecture here Wednesday under auspices at ths Box Elder SALT LAKE CITY— The Salt Wild Lift federation Members of Lake County Fish and Gam assocthe fish committee planted 2500 ca- iation had recommended th state tfish some catchabl size in Black adopt a staggered season next fall lough north of Brigham City The for duck shooting Committe chairfish were obtained from ths Bear men were appointed at th hoard They are river canals below Cutler dam meeting Wednesday Plans for annual "kids fishing Tr&pa A W Draney prizes Georgs stunt” have been completed The Knepp horseshoes Chris Llttls fet will b held the latter part of MW?1® 4 the month Th annual “round-up- " Coke-vll- le 11 Glenn TREMONTON-How- ard chairman of th fish committee of th Bear River Valley Wild Life federation returned Tuesday from tour of streams in western Box Elder county where he made s study ef stream condition relative to the ipecle of fish that should be planted H wes accompanied by J M Gaddis of Garland auid Andy Nielsen of Tremonton According to James Ranaonv chairman ef the unlor sportsmen committee plans for the "kids’ annual flahin stunt” ar rapidity nearing completion The event will take place about May 15 Plans for the “Annual Member celebration” also are nearin? completion Tbs party will be held at the Crystal springs during the latter Fork and Pleasant Grove Wild Life associations will join members of the Lehl club Sunday in erecting several fish screens at the mill pond the the 1938 season her with s 1 vic- southeast of this city Following installation of the screens th stats tory over Oregon State college flah and game association bae Oregon State's Ions score was on an planned to stock the pond with a Oregon error targe number of legal size trout for the opening of th 1936 fishing sea EUGENE Ore April 23 UPl-- The University of Oregon’s northern division baseball champions opened 4-- son PLEASANT GROVE—Memof the Pleasant Grove Fish and Gam association are strongly in favor of a staggered duck season exOctending from tbe first tober to the first of December and will make such rec- ber of ommendations to the state de- partment President Hoy Smith and several officers of the Pleasant Grove club are planning to attend a meet in Salt Lake City April 27 Survey Deer Range MT PLEASANT-- A survey of rang in Nine Mile canyon east of Mayfield was mad Thursday by sportsmen and forestry officials to determ in necessary improvements where deer and other game has wintered Territory of several miles was covered by the group Thirty-thre- e deer were counted and two dead animals wer found The party included Supervisor J W Hum- A Kent Cook Aiding Plans for S I sportsmen feta athletics C‘Oren Wilson fly and bait casting A Keato Cook handkerchief A A Henderson grounds L A Repell and dance A1 Wright -- Those officials will be in charge of activities of the association's annual outing at Como Springs to begin Saturday May 21 at 2 p m PROVO-- Th Provo Wild Life association is in favor of a staggered duck season for 1938 it was decided at a meeting of directors and members held Wednesday night and Provo representatives were instructed to make such’ recommendations to the state organization at a meeting to be held April 27 in Salt Lake ' City CALIENTE Nev — Twe hundred sportsmen of Lincoln county have rallied behind a drive for conservation of the area’s fish and game as a result ef a campaign started during 'National Wild Life week The group organized as the Lincoln County Fish and Game Protective assod- stion has made arrangements te phrey and S ’ S Van Boskirk of plant 20000 trout in Beaver Dam forest Ed Peacoolg creek and to close the stream for Manti natio ranger O V Anderson deputy this season Officials of the orgam warden A G Kllburn field ganization are: Guy F Hamblin officer for the soil conservation president Alex Lloyd secretary corps Elmer H Gibson county ag- William H Pitts treasurer and ricultural agent Calvin Peacock Jack Foglianl and A H Gentry Leslie J ‘Andersen and F W first and second view presidents Thurston ef the Manti-Sterlirespectively rd — The — Wyo LEHI— Sportsmen from American 4-- 1 Eagle Perils Trout Run ing Card Canceled' EVANSTON mately 60000 trout reared during 1937 in the pond juet east of town have been released Into Bear river at Evanston Th plan- part of May fish 10 pounds and May one fish Elwtn Cloward lfonros funs warden— Sevier county June 1 elose Johneon reservoir same date as Fish lake Henry M Weight Bpringvllle game war-Ma- y 29 10 pounds Balt Lake County Barnyard Hackle or Worm Bunkers 41 ignatorw)— May 15 Tribune Intermountain Service RICHFIELD —" Ons of ths strangest sights ever witnessed by man was reported hers recently by Jess Winn an employ of the state fish and game department who has been at Fish lake since late in February when the rain bow trout started spawning The story ‘is verified by Chase Skou-gaaoperator of a resort at the lake Shortly after th trout started running up Twin creeks to spawn bald eagle made its appearance at the mouth ef the stream and each day for seven days it caught fish It would hook them with Its claws and then carry th victims to a iiear-b- y bank But ths strangest part of the story Is ths fact that the eagle caugh only female fish and instead of dining on the tasty flesh ate only the eggs It Is almost unbelievable that a bird could tell the difference In sex of the fish in the water when an expert must look closely and even then will sometimes miss One day while th men were watching from the state cabin 250 yards from ths stream th eagle pulled out a rainbow ripped it open at the egg sack and at a part of the eggs before it was When away frightened they reached the spot the fish was still “kicking” They placed the balance of the eggs in the eyeing station at the lake and many of them have hatched Without the eggs the fish weighed 13 pounds smother near record ' Winn end Skougaard attempted to get pictures of the bird but found impossible They later tried to shoot it but after it had been shot at' mice they could get no closer than 200 yards 50000 Trout Plants the and for wiU be held during May the fact before him the man guide th government rules Group Brigham City Slough Gets Catfish Idaho Sportsmen Push Magpie Drives The s P Evanston Tough Task In Trailing Flocks ‘Take’ Mantl-Sterlin- g ) n’ Federal Men Have level was 752295 7eefT1935 752460 and 1937 753660 feet' As the lake level rises our later investigations have proved the oxygen also rises and the earbon dioxide content 1934 the lake 1936 752950 -- 4 ‘G-Me- Reports From Sportsmen Keep After On Fish Gaihe Activities Ducks Geese In Intermoiintain replied Lee “for the worst drouth Region and the lake level is FoilTdaho Cash Hunters Carbon-Emer- C 5 ng Here’s how they do it Upper employe at Fish lake eyeing station sorts out eggs later to Below the spawning trout are “herded" into a trap on Twin creeks Note ice on lake be removed to other state hatcheries Group Builds Fish Lake Spawners Keep Wardens Busy Fish Tank Taking Eggs for Neiv Eyeing Station PARK CITY — Clements Hansen secretary of the Park City Wild Life federation announces members of the association are working on tbe construction of a metal cylindrical tank to be used in transportation of fish which will be planted in ths streams of this county The tank will have a capacity of more than 10000 flngerlings One of the interesting features of the tank which will be mounted on a frame which can be conveniently transferred from a truck to a wagon is a small gasoline engine Tribune Intermountain Service FISH LAKErLast Sunday when a few of the more enthusiastic sportsmen of southern Utah visited here they found state fish and which will be attached to operate an The air compresair compressor sor will bs used to pump air into th water from the bottom of tbe tank in order to supply the water with oxygen This arrangement is similar to a system used by the Michigan state fisheries and-i- s expected to greatly reduce cost of operation as well as to furnish a more satisfactory method of keeping the water charged with fresh oxygen A large supply of fish d mostly eastern brook trout are now available in th local rearing pond foe planting A legal-size- been reports indicate they have hooked during the open season aa much as 16 pounds t male fish will run more than three males to one female thereby giving a total of 40000 pounds If and estimates of the expected “take” who has never' seen this year are accurate th total is activities it a taking sight poundage bandied by th wardens had spawn game department employes to be never Nature prov- will be more than 60000 aa they forgotten taken approximately ' one million that the fish run up the expect 13000000 eggs rainbow trout eggs and placed them ides are streams when they ready" to It la hard for the in th new eyeing station built last angler who can’t fall by the state department in co- spawn The fish and game depart even catch a limit once a season to to a has ment constructed dam operation with the Sevier County keep them from going too far up- imagine that many pounds of fish Fish and Game Protective associathat is only one vastream and also a trap gate so they but in Fish lakseven t tion all of the rainbriety and not into tbe be tank can herded under ows i It was ths first time many of them the when house" the ward“stripping bad seen the process of artificial ens are ready to tak the eggs Other never enter Twin creeks spawning but a part of the thrill Ths section of -- Twin creeks in spawning: in other streams and the was missing because the water in Twin dreeks was ao roily from th which th rainbow20ar held is about hallow water along the edges of 150 feet long and feet wide the shore Then there I an heavy runoff that the thousands of It Is hard to imagine a body ef number of mackinaw fish in the trap could not be seen small water Ilve even that literally and eastern brook trout In fact They did however see them after with fish but ease th is such when as many mackinaw were they had been placed in the run is at its height Eggs taken nearly caught last year as rainbow square tank in the stripping house the will J000 average per pound of fish In this small space with the water Jess Winn and W C (Bill) Sortwo feet deep it appeared to be That means that when 1000000 egg a million are enson gam gardens are in charge are taken than nearly solid fish ranging in sue taken in a(more and expect an in' single day every year) of spawn-takifrom eight inches in length to seven 1000 pounds of female fish are Han- Creasing number of sportsmen to and eight pound's dled Or take the season as a whole visit the resort each week Winn One feniate rainbow that came and figure on only 10000000 eggi has been her since February 27 That would be 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