OCR Text |
Show J Fish Being Removed From Utah Lake Working . with . an allottment of $4200 under an FERA project, 35 tons of carp and suckers have been removed from the lowering waters of i Utah Lake. The seining operations' have been going forward rapidly andi if the plans of the state fish and, game department are realized, Utah Lake may become a paradise for game fish. The few game fish left after the carp . and suckers are removed re-moved include mostly cat fish and yellow perch. These are being hauled by trucks to spring runs and lakes in Utah and Juab counties. Assisted by Frank Humphries and A. W. Clyde of the American Fork fish and game association who have i done the unloading, about 3500 cat fish and yellow perch have been tak-i en to the sugar factory mill pondj near Lehi and planted in the pond.l If the lake comes back to any where ; near normal within another year! the fish will be removed from the! pond and again placed in the lake for the purpose of restocking the lake. The state fish and game department de-partment for the present has closed t-Vio foftnrv mill rvnnd to fisherman which order will be in force until further notice. Some fish also were planted in Spring Lake and in a small lake near Mona. Drouth conditions have caused Utah Lake to fall to a three foot average and the game, fish were removed re-moved in order to protect them from a possible winter's freezing when the water often freezes to a depth of 28 inches. Should this occur the fish would perish. Already 35 tons of carp and suckers suck-ers have been taken out of the lake whereas but a few thousand game fish have been removed. Tire seining sein-ing will continue until the funds are exhausted arid the state department depart-ment is of the opinion that by that time most of the non-game fish will have been removed. Most of the carp which are taken from the lake have been distributed among needy families. According to State Fish and Game Commissioner Newell B. Cook, the lake could be kept at a normal level by the contemplated Doer Creek project which would make possible the planting of game fish in the lake. . o |