Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-04
WOULD.BE WALTONS
WILL HAUNT STREAMS
Next "Wednesday Week Trout Season
Opens--Waters Well Stocked
Game Birds Plentiful.

When the trout season opens a week
from Wednesday the tiny brooks as
well as the large streams OF Utah Will
bristle with fishing rods. Under the
protection OF the fish and game laws.
the streams have been replenished and
there are few watercourses, however
small, either In the mountains or the
valleys. that have not been stocked
According to Fred w Chambers, state
hsh and game commissioner, II, 900 coo
trout fry have been planted in the
streams within the last year. Before
thls several millions We're planted In
the two previous years and the fishing
Is now better than it has been for a
decade.
Take a trolley car as well as
camping OUTFIT now. for good fishing
can be found within a short distance
OF the city. With the one-day fisher
man Pafley's canyon and adjacent
streams viii be favoritss this year. The
streams OF Davis county are also
stocked and the Lagoon lake is open 10
public fishing this year which is with
in half hours ride OF the city.
From all reports the wary trout has
thrlNed during the winter and this
spring the warmer days have brought
out the Insect life on tho streams The
fish have fed well and are game. The
wardens say that the limit ought TO
be reached by almost anybody who can
WELD a ny. for the artificial hooks will
no doubt prove effective lures where
the water is clear The Weber and
Provo rivers are still a little high for
fshing but number OF parties Will
make a trip on to the big streams IN
the state for the first week OF the sea
son. The fishermen are getting out
their tackle now and buying new sup
plies FOR the first outing, because a
great season is expected
The sportsmen have helped consider
ably in enforcing the laws by organic
ing tho FISH and game protective asSo-
citation I'm various cities. The members
are sworn in as deputy game wardens
without pay from the state and are
empowered to make arrests and see
that the laws are enforced. BY the or
ganization Of these associations some
good work has been done in influence
ing irrigation companies to screen
their bitches These ditch companies
have destroyed thousands of FISH and
some legislation is proposed to remedy
this.
GAME BIRDS MULTIPLYING
The game birds have been protected
so closely that they have found COM
Portable abiding places and are in
creasing rapidly. Sage hens can be
killed In eight counties in the state
during the open season, and quails can
only be shot in half a dozen counties.
The other game birds are entirely pro-
teCted. Through the reports Of his
deputies. Mr. Chambers has been able
TO keep close track OF the game birds.
During the winter In Boxelder and
Cache counties. 1900 prairie chickens
were fed during the winter. This bird
lays about 20 eggs for a setting. II
is estimated by the deputy game war
dens that about 10000 chickens have
been Matched this spring In other
parts of the state the fiocks OF game
birds were counted and fed. The coun-
~ commissioners in each county. fur
nished the grain for feed and the game
birds were well cared for AT very lit
tie expense.
The Drummer pheasant. the English
ringneck pheasant and the Chinese
ringneck pheasant are increasing rap
idly. In Weber, Morgan. salt Lake and
Davis county a great many hocks have
been fed during the winter months.
Every opportunity has been given
them to multiply and the mountains
VIII soon be well supplied with the
birds for game.
QUAIL AND WATER FOWL
The quail are becoming as thick
as bees In some parts or the state.
These birds have been cared for In
BoNelder, Weber, Morgan, Davis, Salt
Lake, Sanpete, Beaver and Utah coun-
ties There Is an open season for AZ
short time each year.
Mr.. Chambers has made arrange
ments to import 80 pair of Hungarian
pheasants this year and they VIII be
watched closely ana different parts OF
the state stocked with them.
Ducks and geese will be more plentl-
full this year because the birds have
found favorable nesting. The water
has been low and steady and the nests
and eggs have not been washed away.
Deputies have been over the duck and
geese hunting grounds this spring The
nests were all found on high ground
and fully three fourths OF tho eggs
Matched out with careful protection,
Mr. Chambers believes that Utah viii
have the best hunting grounds In the
vest.