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Show SMALL FISH MUST BE PLACED BACK IN STREAM Local sportsmen who ancle in Wo ber county streams for the elusive trout will need to carry a tape measure meas-ure with them nnd lay it upon each fish that is anwhere near seven Inches in length, if they would avoid the pos ' isibllity of arrest, for it is now an- j nouneed by W. H Anderson, deputy j fish and game warden, that any one caupht wWli s fish less than seven inches in length will be arrested The announcement of the game war den Is in keeping with the state lav. and is intended to prevent the loss of yOung fish before they have reached! i the spawning ape This step is said to be necessary to protect the stock in the streams and to insure future propagation. pro-pagation. The law holds that an an-'sler an-'sler may keep a trout of seven Inches I In length, this being supposed to be on the safe side of the spanning age. although not actually so, according to the deputy warden. Anglers are requested lo watch care fully, and as true sportsmen who would protect the future sport, to eschew es-chew their legal right to hold fish ; that merely put them within the law All small fish should be put back into 'the stream. It is suggested that very mall fish should be Carefully removed from the hook and placed gently in the water Very few of them, it is said, will die as the result of having been on the hook. Mr Anderson issues a warning to all fishermen to observe the law. He j quotes the statute in the following statement: "Section 14 of session laws 1910 ! says: ' It shall be unlawful for any person' 1 to fish for or take fish from any of jhe waters of the Btate at any time bet ween the hours of 9 o'elock p. m. ' (n'w 10 o'clock) and 4 o'clock (now 5 o'clock) a m., or to have in his pos session at any time any trout less i than seven inches in lensrth Any person per-son violating any of these provisions .-hll b jruiltv of a misdemeanor and upon conviction !hall be fined not less than $2" and shall forfeit his license for the remainder of the season " "It has been the practice in the pa?t to keep all fish, regardless of size, 'and to fish at all hours of the night. Hereafter, the true sportsmen will be protected, all violators of the above law will be prosecuted io the fullest extent. "Inquiries indicate that lher are many persons who do not understand the exact igniifieance and necessity of the seven-inch law for trout, and .of similar regulations regarding the size at which other species may be taken. Until an individual of a ;trn species has reached the prescribed ize, if has never spawned, and if all the individuals were caught before they bad arrived at the spavnintr ace Its perfectly plain that tho complete J extermination of the species would be ja matter of only a' short time. It is M therefore to the interest of every an-clor an-clor in zto th.nf lintier-sized fish are lot destroyed Every food and gam ; ish should have a chance to spawn Hi h ast once before beinc taken "All streams are low and clear, mak-Dg mak-Dg the fishinc poor. A good storm ould relieve the situation somewhat, .turing the daj fish ranging from three o ten inches are rising to the fly. On me day last week, I caught thirty-(ighl thirty-(ighl fish of which number I put back the stream twenty four under seven neb es in length. Many fishermen in- ist that the small fish are so serious-v serious-v injured that they keep themrather han have them in the stream to die nnd that very lew are unable to swim away. "I also want to warn the fishermen 'Cgardlng Beaver creek. This stream s closed and will remain so during his season and probably next year, ny violators (.aught fishinc in this stream will be brought before the ;ourt as in any other case. "If the sportsmen will live strictly o the above reeulatons It will not be ong before the fish will be plentiful n all the streams in Ogden valley. "The Weber County Rod and 1un IBSOt iation will meet Friday night, My 11, at the court, house. "I'neli Billy" Mathers will be the speaker." rtn |