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Show Pike Eggs Now In Process At Kamas Hatchery Two million walleyed pike eggs are now being processed at the Kamas Hatchery. They came from New York as a gift to the Utah Fish and Game Department. De-partment. Last year the first plantings of walleyed pike were made in Utah waters in an attempt to Introduce this fine game fish ir. biologically intermediate waters that have not previously been producers of any appreciable numbers, of game fish. At that time the fry from one million pike eggs hatched at the Kamas plant were placed in equal numbers num-bers in three such waters. These were Echo, Pine View, and Hy-rum Hy-rum reservoirs. It is planned to supplement these original plantings from the eggs now being hatched at Kamas. -About half of the pike fry will go into the above three reservoirs. The balance of these fish will be planted in other such waters over the state. These will include the Sevier River drainage and other areas. |