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Show UTAH ANGLING LAWS Game Dept. Reminds Jlnglers of Regulations With the 1962 fishing season now three weeks old, spokesmen for the fish and game department depart-ment calls attention again to rules which govern the sport. Fishings hours on most waters wat-ers are from 4 a. m. to 9 p. m. All persons 12 years of age and older must have a proper license to angle and must display that license visibly on an outer garment when in the field. The law states that a person must either hold the rod In his hands or be within ten feet of It Bag and possession limit for trout Is ten fish or seven pounds and one fish, whichever is caught first Resident children under 12 may take only four fish or three pounds and one fish, whichever Is caught first. Nonresident children chil-dren under 12 must fish with a licensed angler, and any fish they catch must be counted In the creel limit of that licensed angler. Weight limits of fish will be computed on the dressed fish, with heads and tails Intact. Angling is permitted with any bait except game fish or parts thereof and live fish. The eggs of all fish species are permitted for bait. Fishing is allowed with any mechanical lure, except that no lure shall have more than four gang hooks, and no line shall have attached thereto more than two baited hooks or artificial flies. Multiple prongs attached to a single shaft are defined as one hook. |