Show Adopt Fishing Rules I Fishing regulations for I Utah's 1968 season were set by the Board of Fish and Game at their meeting in Salt Lake City last week with the opening date set for June 1 1968 DON ANDRIANO Fisheries Chief said much effort had gone into drafting next years year's regulations regulations regula regula- to simplify the rules With minor changes the Board I adopted the recommendations presented at their meeting Creel limit on trout and salmon will be eight fish but no more than two of these can be lake trout Anglers may take a bonus of six cutthroat or and/or brook trout in the aggregate from waters in Duchesne Uintah Summit Daggett Wasatch Garfield and Wayne counties EXCEPTIONS TO this eight fish creel limit on trout will willbe willbe be on Lake Powell Bear Lake l Strawberry Reservoir and trie I two quality fishing streams Blacksmith Fork and Strawberry Strawberry Strawberry Straw Straw- Straw Straw- berry Rivers Limits on all other species of fish have been changed so it Is by two since the new juvenile limit is 2 1 of the adult daily creel limit MAJOR CHANGES were made in the rules regarding the use of boats and motors for fishing to simplify and shorten this long and sometimes confusing part of the fishing proclamation For 1968 angling from boats rafts or other floating devices with or without motors will be I permitted on all waters of the I State except the follow following in g I Green River from Flaming n g Gorge Dam to Red Creek Thompson Reservoir in Grand County Burriston Ponds and Cherry Creek Ponds in Juab County Duck Creek Springs Lake and Mirror Aspen-Mirror Lake Lakein in Kane County Little Creek and Woodruff Reservoirs in Rich County Foy Lake Monticello Monticello Monticello Monti- Monti cello Lake and Blanding Reservoir Reservoir Reservoir Res Res- No 3 in San Juan County County County Coun Coun- ty Payson Lakes and Spring Lakes in Utah County SECTIONS OF two streams will fall under the category of quality fishing waters for 1968 I Part of the Strawberry River will again be for fly fishing only with minimum size limits In addition to the five fish limit Blacksmith Fork River from its source to the confluence of Rock Creek will have a five fish limit twelve Inch minimum size and be open for artificial lures only A section of the Upper Weber River will be open for fishing with artificial lures only THE 1968 FISHING proclamation proclamation proclamation procla procla- mation will also contain the pertinent regulations regarding the agreements on Bear Lake I Flaming Gorge and Lake I Powell |