Show FISH REARING PONDS ASSURED RICH COUNTY it was au an enthusiastic crowd of irona from every nook and corner of the great bear 72 lahe ke valley who met with game officials from idaho and utah at an outing last saturday afternoon and evening at garden city utah and ideal beach resort Ile sort the outing was waa sponsored by the rich county fish and game club with the near bear lake fish and game club anti and the montpelier rod and gun club cooperating ope operating ratin g it E H thomas idaho state game warden tuner sparkman chief clerk of that department 3 1 arthur mcacham Mcc cham game commissioner of utah dr fred foster of salt lake western lor for the U S bureau of Fisher fisheries Jes were in at ami and gave talks continued i A rousing meeting was held in tie the afternoon at the garden city amusement hall and was followed in the owning evening by an elaborate banquet find and dance at the ideal beach resort music was furnis furnished lied bythe by the reclamation tiou plant orchestra N J hodges president of the rich county irish fish and game gaine club acted as chairman ile he called on a number of 0 speakers who were acquainted with i condi conditions and fish to in bear lake it was the aim to collect a fund of information to give visiting game officials in ari idea of prevailing conditions al jone coneg president of the rod and gun club said tn in a few remarks that bear lake waters could be made a paradise tor for fishing and n page three ash rearing ponds assured rich county continued from page one that the time was not nol fur far distant di stacil 1 when we would have fish hatcheries ant anil reining ponds to stock bear baar lake I with proper fish vii ks vice pi president cardent of the th I 1 kar bear lake fish fiah and game club sait said that he could speak rightly four for his hia club when lie said that it was working klug foi a flah hatchery aglid rearing ponds to in be established near bear lake I akrc that the club WAS working per cent on such stich a program thos oconnor of Moll cUer peller old time dale at antei teI that lie ite had seen many chasen chang ej take place iu in bear lake it ii was a case of the survival of the with the fish in bear lake bevald he said vald that he thought macelt anaw troyt trout was the proper fish ash to bl be acock stocked W and that it would pay to go into the neatter m itter thoroughly and plant lish fish adapts for the lake jesse dunn deputy state game war den was askel to sity say a few words regarding the alie screening at the intake north odthe of the lake he sald said in the spring of the year during the ing season when the water Is converted into the lake through bear river a practical screen should choul d be in oprea tion to i prevent oot fisli from going out dr foster in a ver very v interesting talk stated various condi cond Alons pre vallin at lake must bl be that the gaian cienian carp which at ono one time line was a very desirable fish was now low a im nace it li 13 of nature destroying trout eggs and consuming food good for better fiall fluctuation in water ausch from pumping into lake at alfton ton fish figh leav lea hir 1119 lake laike in spring of year and at time of spawn 17 season son mi those jui bc conditi olF mi jui bc olF he be stated oa cu lie ile rectified the IT 8 9 bureau of fisheries rig herles at the present time has two competent COMP tent engineers working on water projects prOject 3 similar to bear lake he wild and in n a shon time will ill have go bobik worked advantageous alls to conditions liere here dr footer stated further that they may IK be detached to work with the idaho and lauh game tic departments in studying the lake he further boated that the IJ 11 8 bureau of fisher tes ies was interested in bear lake in getting the most out oni of at it A compa comparison ilson of bear lake and fish lake in utah was nas drawn by the speakers and said that flip th vast amount of revenue deliva derive fro front tit art I 1 fishing there could le be enjoyed la in bear lake that we could have 2500 peo pie vitting lits shore annually leaving more wealth weal th than guined from other rest resources 1 arees gades for tac q would have bave work taking them to good fishing places pla teson on lake the foundation found adion Is here stich fis as M and lake what you ou nee aped A Is the aft b fish lie caid lid dr poster foster said that when commis C aloner Mcc mcacham eliam and warden thomas thomaa had decided on oil proper program prof fiam tj the be government ROI would lie be 91 ad to furnish eggs such stich as mackinaw nook allt M ver salmon or brook A we will go as far as we can to lo moderate wo mo with idaho and utah lie said let ibelli lead the way we e will all have good fashing in this lake commissioner Mee chani mid that lie he with president dent hoover in call ing airik a fact comm littee to gather a fund of information said very little I 1 know about bear lake I 1 have passed US its shores hut but have never cast a line for fishing in it 1 I nm nin th t our problems are arc to be 1 li when I 1 went into game gaire comm commission in utah considerable interest was centered in bear lake and ronIle ralIe fish was planted I 1 am ain glad alati that the old interest is being regenerated and we art anav from the comm e I 1 idea if we ve go to work on a selen eifle mid binl make a 9 survey we will know liow how to po go congimi s said he be was wilif to n apol ni n i a man from his department part ment with takejo lake to work with one Pl ip from the came game department part ment of malio idaho to work with gov ov emment representative and would cooperate 19 por per cent in this work faid that the attah camp nnie cammi mon find planted the foll following miling of fish elsh in thi the lake in receipt ears 1923 sept WW raba 1 july ly brook 1123 1025 0 look salmon io out mackinaw Mackl naw june brook 1017 june silver salmon 1928 may nook salmon lima june tark dr W E smith of utah of tic licar of tit the cache tauey I 1 aish ish coiner mission said lie had in vvan aake ile he suggested ol of food for lisl made bahe valley rey I 1 lie ae will go limit in kte iliin lake said it costs costa g or state 10 cent for fish eight inch ts cs long game warden thomas said that idaho placed one of the best beb laws lawa it ever had on the statute books four years ago it was that of closing spring from jan 1st ast to may during t the be spawning season lie he thought it very verv essential that we w e take care of spawning season 1 I believe there Is a way of stocking the lake and it if we are arc going 0 o do it we must make a start he said the way is to build a series of rearing ponda with a capacity of fish to keep them in these ponds until mhd following year they are deposited there ind and then release them in the lake Mackl maw trout lit he thought was the practical fish for or stocking blocking bear lake the coat to each state on such t a plan be thought would cost approximately 1200 it would be money well spent 1 I AM all READY HEADY SPEAKING FOR IDAHO SO 80 LETS GET STARTED it if idaho gets 2660 eggs from the govern government ident and they are raised to good size saya and are transferred to rearing in g ponds and the same amount 1 19 procured loy by utah providing we can get these eggs from the government then I 1 am ready to start in and sa pee what we can do for boar bear lake lie ile said that lie the reining law and lid did not want to see sec it go int into effect he believed that sportsmen n nd 41 people of hear dear lake were anxious to have it reli repealed caltA and taken off the statute books ile he said the state or of idaho at ait the present time wa va operating or rearing ponds in the sante the department was going t ask sk the next legislature to increase the game license fifty rents the money to ix be used for the building and main tail ning of rearing ponds it not be long ions andl would he be hack back where it was five or six years ngo igo he thought dr footer said that the government would do its part in furn irbing eggs for rearing ponds here that he be was going to recommend that be furnished for rearing for bear loke lake to each r tate state of mackinaw mack Mackl naw trout dr poster foster said that that species of fish had a better chance than any other trout in the lake it Is of tic nature mature spawning sanh nang in water anywhere w from 20 to 30 feet regarding food for fish lie he sam said that there was no doubt but what an abundance of food u was ups ps to be found in the shallow and lower depths A committee cou consisting of dr bl ani peterson Pete raon of the U S A 0 of logan utah jospph joseph stok stock for dvor bf ir ani fish ceaine ti ame club frank for montpelier rod gun dub and clarence cook for the ROE rich count fash and game club were named for the purpose of seeing to the establishment of rearing ponds and malang survey of lake the com will meet som ettone in july to lo po novt over r alwa location pi problem eblem make selection prof peterson will act no crawl ddn from the idaho and ami game department wo will work with the local are turne sparksman bole jand find mr whitney of the Spring vVe utah hatchery the me banquet at ideal beach was nn an elaborate affair and well ii attended tt ended shirley heleker Ne leker lieker acted as toastmaster ma ter and kept the interest at a high pitch game officials were introduced trod find and gave interesting talks on n fish and faid life in the western bourl the banquet was followed fw ir n TTa necal the resort catl pavilion paris post |