Show GAME department MAKING IMPORTANT TESTS AT FISH LAKE outcome will determine continuance conti nuance of hatchery at the noted utah fishing resort supt bupt jimmy walker of the hultay iun ay iy hatchery in ill charge of oj r boll ii it if act Is 1 s e new hatch ein eil will be ahkee that fish culture can call bo be made successful at fish lake lahe is the opinion of chief deputy A L Hea hlaston stoll of the state fish and game department and jimmy walker superintendent of the state hatchery at murray representatives of the reaper mado made a trip to fish lake last sunday to look over the work the state fish and game department has been doing towards a final test as to whether fish may be successfully hatched with the waters of twin creeks on the shores of the lake the newspapermen were shown over the state plant of the work were carefully explained by mr walker calr walker alker by the way is the gentleman who nho assisted former game commissioner john sharp in placing the mackinaw trout in ili fish lake that is nearly twenty years ago and at that time only mackinaw fry were planted from this small beginning the mackinaw have increased until this fish forms the chief sport in angling in fish lake the hatchery built at fish lake under commissioner chambers was erected well up towards the head of twin creeks various attempts were made to hatch out fish fry but the waters were found to be too cold instead of the customary twenty seven to thirty days in ili hatching the spawn it took about ninety lays days owing to the low temperature of the water adequate protection for the fry was lacking and ami hatching fisli fish on oil twin creeks lias has been a complete failure commissioner and ills his i able assistants have determined that the carrying of fish spawn from rom the lake to various bat chenes in ili this valley in utan county couney and the state hatchery at muel hurtay ay is a costly way to stock fish lake and they decided that i if the hatchery were moved from its site high on twin creeks down near the lake successful fish culture could be attained i A force of men was put to work some time lime ago and the hatchery is now located on the green sward between the two creeks on the lake front A pond has been lulal noid the water is exposed to the suns rays and the temperature raised the water that pours into the hatching troughs is of the proper temperature for successful hatching and mr air walker expects to turn out between and rainbow try fry within tho the next six weeks should this important experiment succeed the next legislature will be asked to authorize the erection of a modern hatchery instead of the makeshift shack that serves for a hatchery at present mr walker points out there herc is no provision for taking care of 0 tho the fry that may be hatched at the lake when fry are placed in the waters of the lake they merely furnish food for the larger fish ile he proposes the construction or of a serle series 0 of galleries where the fry can be placed as soon as hatched and protected until they have attained a growth of seven or eight inches when they are arc ready to fight their own battles in the depths of the lake mr walker believes me etie limit should be abandoned at fish lake and a number limit substituted he believes that if the limit were made six eight or ten tell fish instead of ten pounds that anglers would seek the big ones that have passed the successful spawning ago age and this would bo be better for the smaller and younger fish ile he believes that fish lake would then become so well stocked with fish that there would be no need tor for a closed season in those waters but substituting such regulations as would protect the fish during tho the spawning season the outcome of the present hatching test will be watched with interest by the sportsmen who visit fish lake and its success means much to tho the fishing interests hereabouts |