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Show I Sports In The Open Space The Utah Department of Fish and Game today listed the following follow-ing answers to current questions concerning early season angling on waters that are open the whole year. The department said there are 37 such waters listed in the' 1956 angling proclamation. Every angler over eleven years of age must visibly display a proper pro-per license whenever afield. This law applies to any kind of fishing, including the taking of trash fish. The daily bag and possession limit for resident children under twelve years of age' is four game fish not to exceed three pounds. There is no size, bag, or possession pos-session limit on carp, suckers, chub, yellow perch or mullet. Carp and suckers may be taken for personal, non commercial use from waters open to year around angling andor any other method or means except firearms, explosives, explos-ives, chemicals, or electrical devices. de-vices. I Set lines may be used day or night in the Colorado, Green, and San Juan rivers only. Set lines may have any number of hooks. Bag and possession limit for catfish cat-fish .is 20 fish or twenty pounds, whichever is caught first. The bag limit of catfish may be possessed separate and apart from the limit for bass and other game fishes. Possession limit for bass is ten fish or seven nounds andor one' fish whichever is caught first. ; Under Utah law, non-residents of all ages are required to display either the 5 day $4.00 tourist permit, per-mit, or the $10.00 angling license for the full year. The department urged all anglers ang-lers to know the 1956 regulations before going afield during the early ear-ly season. Most waters do not open until the beginning of the regular season June 9th this year. F & S Plans were outlined Tuesday morning, for an improved, hard surfaced road around the west side of the' Strawberry Valley in Wasatch Was-atch County. The road project was outlined and approved at a meeting held in the Utah State Road Commission Commis-sion offices at Salt Lake City. Building of the road will be a cooperative project under supervision super-vision of the State Road Commis sion. Other agencies present at the meeting and participating in the work as outlined were the Utah Department of Fish and Game, Wasatch county commission, commis-sion, U. S. Forest Service, and the Strawberry Water Users Association. As-sociation. The Heber City Chamber Cham-ber of Commerce and other civic clubs of Wasatch County offered any aid these groups could give. The project will cover about 11 miles of the' present road from the junction with Highway 40 on the north to the south end of the lake. It will serve as one of the state's most heavily used fishing, hunting and recreational areas as well as the livestock and other business interests in the area. Actual construction was forecast fore-cast to begin by the middle of May. Barring extremely adverse weather it is expected that the road will be ready for use prior to the June 9th opening of the fishing season. During the' period of construction construc-tion the road will be open only to necessary travel. State Road Commission officials assured it would be accessible to all travel by June 9th. |