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Show State To Plant Record Number Of Legal Sized Fish Final preparations for the largest plant of legal-sized trout in Utah history were mapped at a recent meeting of fisheries' division workers with Ross Leonard, State Fish and Game Director. M. J. Madsen, Superintendent of State Fisheries, announced that the planting program will get underway around May 10, depending on water and weather conditions. "From then on until opening of the general season on June 14, the planting program will be an almost continuous operation," he asserted. In readiness for the big drive to stock Utah's lakes, reservoirs and streams are the department's 15 fish-planting truck units. Each of the 12 hatcheries has been equipped witfi a small truck unit to handle hauls of 35 miles or less, while the remaining three large units will op erate out of all hatcheries on hauls up to 250 miles. "We expect to have all streams accessible by auto planted well In time for the general opening on June 14," Madsen said. Meanwhile, the Department extended ex-tended an Invitation to all interested sportsmen to visit any one of the 12 hatcheries and see for themselves the amount of legals on hand and ready to plant. |