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Show Preparing Fish For Summer Big Job at Panguitch Hatchery Fish in February? Yes Providing fish for Utah's 400,000 anglers is a year around job for the state's 12 hatcheries In fact, the actual work of rearing and caring for the fish is sometimes greater in the off months than in the sum mertime Over 40 million fish are annually stocked in Utah lakes and streams. The Panguitch Fish Hatchery located near Hatch, plants more than 2 million of this number. These 2,086,000 fish weigh approximately 50 tons A February visit to a hatchery is welcomed by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. At the Panguitch Hatchery , 615,000 fish are now awaiting their turn to delight some future angler Two-hundred thousand of these fish are German Brown Trout sac fry. These small fish are newly hatched and are still receiving n irishmen t from their yolk sac Three-hundred thousand Rainbow Trout fry are just starting on a solid food diet The other 115,000 Rainbows are of the catchable size for mostly put and-lake fishing in streams and mi i. 'II lakes As fishmen await the J r 3, 1978 fish season opening, they are welcome to visit a fish hatchery and see what's happening ui January with Utah's fish |
