Show Sports In The Open Spaces Wesley A. Nelson of St. George was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the Utah Fish and Game Commission when the five man policy making board met recently in Primary purpose of the Page meeting was view and study at first hand the recreational developments which will derive from the building of Glen Canyon Dam the impounded Lake Powell waters on the Colorado National Service officials met with commission mem-bers to outline projected plans for camping and other installations now planned for mile long Commission spokesmen said current plans call for the planting of cold and warm waiter species of fish In an attempt to develop a prime with early plants of both trout and bass to take place soon after the lake begins to form behind the This will probably be early In Approved were department requests for purchases of fish eggs and fish feed to be used in the year Estimated costs of egg purchases totalled for Feed Nelson replaces Paul G. as commission Other members are E. D. Keith and Lamar A. The date of May has been set for the annual tour of some of the fish hatcheries in and near Utah's metropolitan It is again sponsored jointly by the department of fish and game and the Salt County Fish and Game The event annually attracts several thousand sportsmen and their families since it is a opportunity for a family outing and also gives the public a chance to see these several fish producing facilities at peak The techniques of hatchery rearing are explained by super personnel during the course of an inspection tour at each The all-day tour this year will begin at the Scott Avenue Hatchery in Salt Lake City at 00 a.m. The group will leave from this point at a.m. and proceed to the Kamas then on to Midway to view fish production at the department's largest fish rearing The tour will conclude with an inspection of the Hatchery where refreshments will be The once May Utah law requires a proper license when fishing any manner for any species of This law applies whether the fish taken are game or non-game whether they arc taken by the usual pole and line or by nets or other legal Only exception to the license requirement is juveniles under 12 years of Such juveniles may fish without but may take only four fish or three pounds of game The taking oil using archery gear has become increasingly popular in recent This is legal to do under the provided the angler is wearing a proper license and the water fished is open to At no time are guns or other explosives legal to use in taking fish of any The law covering the taking of carp and other fish fish may be taken for noncommercial use from waters open to angling by angling andor any other method or means except trammel U-awl hoop fyke electrical explosives or A commonly heard complaint many little fish are killed when you try to remove the To which the answer leave the hook in the Fish seldom hooked deep unless the angler is bait Bait hooks are Just handle the fish carefully as you cut the leader and return the fish to the Most of them will live to grow bigger and bite If the fish appears to be at all injured when returned to the water the thing to do is to keep it as part of your creel Utah regulations provide that there is no or length limit on any kind of |