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Show FISHES TOR CACHE Local fishermen Will Have Great Sport Next Season. 100,000 OF THE FINNY TRIBE Turned Loose in Streams at Logan, Lo-gan, Richmond and Smithfield, Lovers of the piscatorial art will be pleased to learn that State Fish Commissioner Com-missioner Shap has again Invaded Cache county and dumped into the sticams another hundred thousand "minnows" of the nativo mountain trout variety. He came up from Murray Mur-ray Tuesday morning, bringing with him two barrels and half a dozen distributing dis-tributing cans all filled with thb little fellows, and proceeded to the different places where they were to be turned loose. Logan got one third, and the remainder were divided equally between be-tween Richmond and Smithfield, the fls)i and game warden and deputies designating the particular places along the streams best suited to their future growth and development. In transporting these hatchings constant care and attention Is required, re-quired, as so many of tho little lishes In such a limited space and little water, quickly work out of the water all the oxy gen. All the way from Salt Lake City to Logan, Mr. Sharp sat In the baggage car and freshened the water by dipping It up and pouring it back Into the cans and barrels, lie-fore lie-fore the train stopped at Logan the fish were all settled well to the bottom bot-tom of the vessels which held them, an Indication that everything wasO. K., and Mr. Sharp feels confident that nine-tenths, if not all, of this distribution distribu-tion will thrive well. He says that by next season these, will have developed Into speckled beauties at least eight or ten Inches long Just the proper length for a good fry. This certainly ought to be very gratifying to the devotees of rod and line, for with 100,000 fish eight or ten inches long, besides the countless number that have never been caught, to select from, it should not be a difficult diffi-cult matter for even an amateur to satisfy his appetite for trout. This Is not the first time 100,000 minnows have been dumped into Cache streams, and it's a dead sure thing that that number has never been caught during any season, so it would naturally seem that tlshlng should prove much better each season. Mr. Sharp Is not inclined to feel kindly disposed toward those who Insist In-sist on violating the fish and game law and Is doing everything he can to break this practice. However, he says that It is not unnatural for some to violate the fish law, for the reason that befoie the law was passed many ardent lovers of the sport were In tho habit of Indulging to their heart's content and there was little need of their not doing so. There were plenty of tlsh.and fewer people to do the llsh-lug, llsh-lug, but now conditions have changed. The llsh began to give out and as the valley became more thickly populated, the demand for trout grew, consequently conse-quently It became necessary to enact laws to prevent the wholesales catching catch-ing and Until extermination of the llsh. These violators of the law do notsecin to recognize tho fact that the law was enacted that they might have better llshlng In the future. Mr. Sharp believes that It will be necessary neces-sary to pass a law prohibiting tho marketing of trout. Tho demand, especially In tho cities, becomes greater great-er every year, and there are those who will violate the law In order to supply tho demand. Inasmuch as the state Is spending considerable money to better the fish-ing, fish-ing, It would seem that local sports-men sports-men would appreciate tho matter to tho extent of lending every assistance In seeing that the laws passed by the legislature are upheld rather than torn down. |
