The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-31
FISH AND GAME LAW.
STATE WARDEN SHARP GIVES
SOME REFORMATION.
The Open Season When Game and
Fish Hay be Lawfully Killed and
Taken.

State Fish and Game Warden John
Sharp gives the following information
which will be of interest to sportsmen>
The fish and game law as enacted by
the legislature of the state of Utah.
March Il. 1897. is now in force. The open
seasons when game and game fish may
be lawfully killed and taken are as fol-
lows:
Native trout and bass. June Is. to
December Is To be taken only with hook
and line commonly known as angling
Opening day of the season will be the
10th and not the 18TH The fishermen
who are in doubt. should give the fish
the benefit of the doubt and avoid the
liability 10 prosecution.
Elk. deer buffalo or bison. antelope
and mountain sheep. September l, to
animals may be lawfully killed during
the time specified.
Partridge. pheasant. prairie chicken,
grouse. September l. TO December l.
Sage hen, August l TO February l.
".ld water fowl. ducks geese. snipe.
brant and swami October I to February
10 1t IS unlawful to rob or destroy the
nests. eggs or young OF any of the birds
ne-tsoned, al any time.
The open season when Seines may be
legally used for taking only the common
nss. carp, suckers, clubs and mullet in
Utah and SEWER lakes and in the Colo
RADIO, Green and Grand rivers. is between
September l and May 10, following, both
days inclusive, eight and one-half
months)
L Bear lake. II is lawful to use seines
between the 18th day of May and the 18th
day Of July only, 1.-TWO months) for the
purpose of taking the common fish. It is
unlawful to take trout or bass with seine
O. net at any time from any OF the
waters of this state. and any trout or
bass taken when seining for common fish
should be carefully handled and put back
again into the water.
Az act to provide for the stocking of
Bear lake. and Bear and Sewer rivers
with black bass from Utah lake was
passed by the legislature and approved
March IL 1897. which reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the legislature of the
state of Utah:
Section / Five hundred dollars. or as
hereby appropriated to stock Bear lake.
Bear river and Sewer river with black
bass from Utah lake, said money TO be
expended under the direction of the
state fish and game warden. and drawn
uDon his voucher upon the state auditor.
who shall Issue HE warrant therefor mon
the state treasurer.
Sec. , unlawful for any per-
son to take. in any manner whatever
from INV of the waters mentioned In the
preceding section, any black bass planted
IN pursuance OF this act. for two and
one-half years from the approval of this
act. and any person convicted of a viola
ton of the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor
Sec g. This act shall take effect upon
a.l.rovai. Approved March IL 1897.
Pursuant to the foregoing act one
large car load of bass has been planted
in Bear lake. and the Bear river in Cache
and Box Elder counties: enough I believe
to fully stock these waters with this
excellent food and game fish, if they are
given the protection and care that they
should have. and left unmolested during
the time specified by the law. l consider
the plant of much Importance and value
70 the northern part of the state. and
the good people living in and near the
localities where the several plants have