Show FISH and AINE IG utah fish and game commission suo savo that carp director adli actor advises the rhe lowly carp whose scorned carcass heretofore has generally wound up on a creek lank bank where lie he was chucked by disgusted fishermen Is coming into his own on n the nations dining tables ross leonard utah fish and game director reported this week fried in deep fat alth with bacou bacon strips filleted carp Is very good eating the state game chief emphasized 1 I know ive tried them in these days of depleted larders er the angler should think twice before he throws away a carp arp leonard pointed out utah has a number of waters where here carp abound abdun d and the meat of this fish properly prepared la Is delicious carp taken from utah lake locomotive springs and the so vier river rive r as well as other waters during early spring will provide a substantial source of food later in the year when waters are N adi a rin in it Is not recommended that they be used for food however in some colder waters the carps flesh Is solid and firm the year around marlon marion J madsen super superintendent laten of fis fisheries heiles management volunteered this method of preparing re the carp tor for the table hold the head bead and cut laterally toward the tall tail right along the backbone backbone tip the resulting slice of meat over and slice out the ribs this forms the fillet madsen said lie ile pointed out however that the carp lias has a streak of black moat meat along the lateral line on each side which should be cut out of the fillet as this strip has a muddy taste another utah fish which needs no introduction to gourmets is tile the catfish leonard pointed out anglers are reminded that the limit on this fish is not more than 10 pounds or not more than 30 fish none may be taken less than seven inches in length fishing bag limit has haa been reduced from 20 to 16 15 trout dally daily or not to exceed 3 ad in possession the utah fish and game department reminds fisheri fishermen neit as the 1946 season approaches the weight liml limit t remains the same eight pounds or 16 in possession the modification of the state law was wa decreed by the commission at its last meeting as a con sen atlon measure director ross leonard explained pointing out that other states are cutting even more drastically ife he appealed tor for sportsmanlike observance of the curtailed cui ergel creel limit the 1946 season opens generally in utah on june 15 |