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Show SPRING FLOODS HAMPER FISH PLANTING The general opening of Utah's trout waters on June 14, will find upwards of .125,000 anglers going astream. They will be faced with a greater great-er variety of water and travel conditions con-ditions than ever before, the Utah fish and game commission reported this week. These conditions result from the most severe winter on record in the northern half of the state. In this section, reservoirs and lakes are at record levels. Most streams with their headwaters in the high elevations are still running run-ning at flood stage. The high waters, plus the inability in-ability of hatchery trucks to get into many of the outlying sections, has materially changed the usual spring planting picture. Normal good winter and spring weather conditions in the south half of the state give a brighter outlook for this section, where a drought during the past two years caused much concern to fish populations. popu-lations. A good water table Ts now prevalent in this area. Dave Wright, superintendent of hatcheries, regarding spring planting plant-ing program and the June 14 opening, open-ing, said: "Fishermen going to waters in the southern sections for the opening will find conditions condi-tions to be about normal. Pan-guitch Pan-guitch and Fish lakes, Enterprise and Forsythe reservoirs, and all the other better known lakes and streams that can be reached at this season, have had a good plant, ing of trout from our hatcheries. "The picture is decidedly different dif-ferent in the northern sections. Flood waters and road conditions are still hampering our planting program in this area. Waters not affected by these conditions have already been stocked. We are holding hold-ing ample stocks of fish to plant the Provo, Weber, and other drainages, drain-ages, just as soon as receding flood waters make such planting feasible. TJiis may mean that some of these waters will not be planted until after June 14." He said further, "fishermen should inquire regarding local conditions con-ditions before going afield on the opening. Flood waters have in some places washed out secondary roads that will notbe in repair before that time." . |