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Show Prospects Good For Opening of Fishing Fishing's in the air everywhere every-where in Utah about now. Only in Sugar House it's even more so. In fact a lot more so, because if there ever was a bunch of dyed - in - the - wool anglers it's right here. Maybe it's because so-many Sugar House Ike Wal-tons Wal-tons got their start as kids peddling ped-dling worms to anglers on their way to the sport that never palls, via Parley's Canyon. trout with worms and spinners even those who don't admit i it. And the Provo" River is al-' ways good for a nice mess of i trout no matter how swollen on dirty. Just the same, the lakes open-1 ing June 15 are bound to get a heavy play. Chief of these will be Deer Creek and Scofield Reservoirs. Res-ervoirs. And there will be a lot of quick limits taken from these two bodies, especially by those with boats. Other lakes opening next week are East Canyon Dam, Pineview Dam, Logan Dam, Canyon Lake, Donkey Lake and others on Boulder Mountain, Enterprise Reservoir, and a few in the Uintah Uin-tah Mountains, IF they are below be-low the 7,000-foot level. Sportsmen Sports-men who have China and After all when you come to think of it, Sugar House is a natural jumping off place for some of the best fishing spots we can think of. Take Silver Lake at Brighton, for instance. That has been one of the best opening-day spots for the past several seasons, and will be one week from the date of this issue, namely, Friday, June 15. when the 1915 season gets underway. Yes. a lot of us have overlooked over-looked this close-in spot trying to find greener pastures. And there won't be many, at least for fly fishermen, judging from the late spring. Ross Leonard. M. J. Madsen and George Reid of the State Fish and Game Department all agree that we will have one of the highest, roiliest opening on record. The rains of the past week will swell the streams only momentarily, but the cold weather, wea-ther, general throughout the state, has retarded the runoff a good week. So, that rare June 15 day when streams are low and clear is not jfor 1945. But most of us get 'equal enjoyment out of catching I Marsh Lakes, bountiful waters in Ashley Forest on the north side of the Uintahs in mind should call the game department depart-ment and ascertain if thev are below the 7.000-foot level in jother words, if they are closed juntil July 1, the opening for high elevation lakes. Either that o. 'consult a proclamation. We an. not sure about Navajo and Pan Iguitch Lakes, southern Utah jmeccas, in this respect, either. IBest to make sure by calling 4-2515, extension 231. I The Department of Reclamation, Reclama-tion, which controls Deer Creek, has issued the following time table of fishing hours on those waters in order to insure pro- tection of that strategic dam after dusk: Fishing is permissible June 15 to 30 from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.; July 1-31, 5 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.: August, 5 to 9, September 5 to 8 and October, 5 to 7:30. Incidentally, Provo River is closed from the Soapstone (20 miles above Kamas) to its source until July 1. The rains have somewhat retarded re-tarded spring planting, but there : was enough fall planting to insure in-sure good fishing, game officials declare. However, don't expect a windfall on the assumption Utah hasn't been fished heavily during the war years. It Is a fact that last year more persons fished Utah's streams and lakes than ever before in history. So. it'll take a certain amount of technique with a worm next Friday, but, rest assured, the fish are there. Good luck! |