Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-04-18 | Page 16 | Steelhead Trout Are to be Planted

STEELHEAD TROUT ABE TO BE PLANTED For the purpose of collecting the early spawn of the native trout from Fish lake to place In the hatcheries, Byron Hanchett, district fish and game warden of the Fifth district, and S. D. Brown, Sevier coupnty warden, war-den, left for Fish lake yesterday. It Is expected by Fred W. Chambers, state fish and game commissioner, that several million eggs will again be collected this year. The eggs will be hatched early in July and will be planted in September. Commissioner Chambers yesterday received a letter, from the government govern-ment bureau of fisheries stating that this state has; been awarded 100,000 steelhead trout eggs. These eggs will arrive within about two weeks and will be planted In Cottonwood, Fish and Panguitch lakes and Provo, Weber We-ber tind Ogden and Logan rivers. Ten thousand will be placed In each stream and the remainder divided equally among the lakes.