Show legal size fish planted in yankee seven thousand legal size fish were brought over from the glenwood fish hatchery near richfield and planted in the yankee meadow reservoir last sunday this shipment consisting of rainbow trout was brought over by claude macfarlane deputy state game warden in a fish truck belonging to the state fish and game department part ment he also brought over about one thousand fingerling salmon trout at the same time and they were released in the reservoir reservoir withie with thy larger fish on saturday mr macfarlane took a similar truck load of legal size fish to the paragonah Para gonah reservoir which will also the be opened for fishing on june ath along with the yankee in the meantime a petition has been circulated here and is being sent seat into state fish and game commissioner newell B cook protesting the opening of the yankee at this early date the petition asks that it remain closed until the which is the opening date of panguitch navajo and fuh fish lakes but whether any action will be taken on the request known the water at the yankee lacks approximately two feet of being is high as in former years and has iaiser only about two feet since since the fish planting was made two weeks ago the heavy spring run oft off is over and the creeks running into the reservoir are almost back to lo normal size the local sportsmens sports sport mens club is also asking that if the reservoir is opened on june ath a strict check be kept on all fishermen who visit that place |