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Show Fishing Seasen Qpsrag Set Fsr June 14th June 14 will see the general opening of the trout fishing season sea-son in Utah this year. Closing date will be October 12. Thes2 dates were set by the Fish and Game Commission at a recent special meeting, according to Director Di-rector J. Perry Egan. Fishing hours and bag limits remain the same as a year ago. or 5 a. m. to 9 p. rn. daily and seven pounds andor one fish or twelve fish, whichever is caught first. Seven inches is again the legal minimum size for trout. The Director said this action was taken in answer to the many inquiries from local and out - of - state sportsmen, along with national sportsmen's publications publi-cations and others. Most .such inquiries were concerned with the setting of vacation dates to correspond with the fishing- sea-I sea-I son. All special provisions con-I con-I cerning early openings and clos ings ot waters, use of boats, etc., will be set by the Commi--sion at a later date. These will appear in the regular fishing proclamation when it is issued. The proclamations are available when published to anyone writing writ-ing or calling at the Fish and Game offices, 1506 West North Temple. Salt Lake City, Utah. Letters are now being sent to all Department field personnal, wildlife federations of the state, and others, asking for their recommendations rec-ommendations concerning special spe-cial and general provisions regarding re-garding the final proclamation. Mr. Egan says that the information informa-tion so gained will be studied by the Commission at a later meeting when the fishing proclamation proc-lamation and all special provisions pro-visions are drafted. The early and continuing weather has worked a serious hardship on some of the state's deer herds. This is especially true along the Wasatch mountain moun-tain front where the winter range is in short supply, according accord-ing to Harold Crane, supervisor supervis-or of Game Management. Mr. Crane states that while mild weather of the past few days has alleviated the problem prob-lem considerably, some 300 deer have already died from starvation, starva-tion, killing by dogs, or accidents acci-dents along the roads. Many feed yards are being maintained to keep the animals back from the problem and danger areas. Should the severe weather reoccur, re-occur, it is expected that losses in these problem areas will be heavy. |