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Show Angling Rules Changed, Dept. Reminds IMPORTANT CHANGES AFFECT YOUTHS AND ADULTS Important changes in fishing regulations, various water closures clo-sures and other rules were listed today by the Utah Department of Fish and Game In a final reminder re-minder to an expected 170,000 anglers who will hit the streams and lakes of the state in the 1955 general season opener, Saturday, May 28. However, those expected 170,000 will have trouble making It to the streams at the 5 a. m. opening open-ing hour If license sales throughout through-out the state remain as slow as they are in Cedar City. Cedar City merchants who have licenses for sale indicated a very poor sale up to this point and unless they are Jam-packed all day Friday sales will fall far below the average for the opening open-ing season In this area. Most Waters Open The Department of Fish and Game has indicated that in general, gen-eral, all waters will be open to angling except those on the high Uintah mountains. Anglers in this area have been asked to note that Pangultch Lake, Navajo Nava-jo Lake and Fish Lake will not be opened this week. These three lakes will open on Saturday, June 11. Special regulations are again shown In the 1955 angling proclamation pro-clamation covering later opening and early closures of some waters. wat-ers. In each case such areas will be signed and sportsmen are asked to be on the lookout for such signs where these special regulations have been effected to meet local conservation problems. pro-blems. Limits Posted Daily bag and possession limits are again one and the same this year. Any properly licensed angler angl-er may take ten trout, or seven pounds andor one fish, whichever which-ever Is caught first. This Is a two fish reduction over recent years. Unlicensed resident children, eleven years of age or younger, may possess only four fish or three pounds during the current season. The law requires resident children to be twelve years of age before purchasing an angling angl-ing license. Non-resident children child-ren must purchase a $4 five-day permit or a $10 seasonal license to angle and may then possess a full limit of fish. More liberal Bait Liberalized rules covering the use of baits allows angling with salmon eggs and many other materials. Meat, liver, and products pro-ducts containing same are still Illegal to use as bait. Chumming of any kind remains illegal. Only three spinning blades may be used on any type of tandem tan-dem lure. Game fish may not be shipped at any time or by anv means from the state. Non-resident and resident alike may transport from the state only a possession limit of fish covered by the license li-cense they carry. A pole or rod must be attended attend-ed at all times when angling. |
