Show Sports In The Open Space Commission action has now set the angling orders to bo in effect during the 1959 The regulations became effective January on waters open to all year to the four streams open to white fishing only and during the regular season for angling now set by the commission to begin June 6 and end The new besides adding- 15 davs to the late season liberalize considerably other Except for only a few rafts and other floating devices without motors may now be used in angling on all waters of the Boats with motors may still be used for fishing on the same waters as in recent yens A liberal rule regarding use of baits now allows the use of any bait except game fish or parts or live fish Several new most of them in the lower were added to the long list of those which may be fished throughout the The current only-season on portions of the Blacksmith's Weber and Duchesne rivers was extended through February Commission spokesmen noted that these and several other lessor changes in the 1958 angling orders will be shown with all other rules and regulations in the 1959 orders as they are published Copies should be available for distribution to the public after January Anglers were reminded to obtain a copy of the new rules going afield after that The Utah State Department of Fish and Game this week announced the delivery of a new high load capacity fish tank The new mounted on a ten three ton is capable of hauling a fish four times the capacity of any department fish unit used to date The new unit features primary and secondary refrigeration and water aeration units so in the case of trouble on a long adequate measures can be immediately effected to save the fish The new truck is expected lo greatly facilitate the transfer of fish from hatchery to hatchery as well as the planting of large numbers cf fish in any one water or locality This truck is the first of two such units planned to be in operation within the next This year's pheasant hunt appeared to the best in many years for Beehive State according to a preliminary report coming from department offish and game The compiled from early hunter questionnaire shows this years bag averaged approximately bird more than the average of 2 75 birds taken per hunter during the 1957 hunt Exact figures will not be available until final tallies of harvest questionnaires are made Department in making the report urged those people who have received any type of questionnaire from the department to return them if they have not yet done Information taken from these it was pointed is used in formulating future management pi a-sons and bag The Utah Department of Fish and Game today released final figures covering the 1958 archery deer The report once again showed a decided trend toward hunting with the bow as the sale of archery permits reached the highest figure since this method of hunting was legalized in the Beehive Permit sales for 1958 numbered or more than were sold a year ago Harvest and hunter success also showed increases over a year The report noted a of animals for a hunter success of 15 7 percent as compared to a harvest of animals with a success ratio of percent a year Foi the fourth consecutive year the bow was considered as a legal weapon during any prescribed open deer season and no limitations were placed on the number of archery tags available for the pie-season bow only |