The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09
IL POUND Trout STHIE
FISH 0oWDS, NSSER EHkLS.


in Panguitch lake so far, though they
have done so we'll there that it is prob.
able the game commissioner will make
paintings soon in some of the larger
streams.
The steelhead cannot easily be distin.
guished from the rainbow until it has
been away from quiet tidewater few
generations, where it is forced to great
or activity. 1t is sometimes known as
salmon trout The steelhead is the
hardest fighter and the best eater in
though some claim these distinctions for
the native. The German trout, or the
van Behr, Is less gamy than the steel
mead, the rainbow or the native. The
Mackinaw and eastern brook are good
| fighters but they soon give up.
w hatcheries in competent hands
and in full operation, the full annual
capacity Of twelve million fish were
placed in the streams and lakes of the
state las, year, and almost as many ir
1910, under the direction of Fred w.
Chambers, state fish and game commits
sloner. In addition to this, the spawn.
ing grounds for the native trout on the
Provo river near Upper Falls resort,
and on Twin creeks at Fish lake, have
been very prolific in their output. Cat.
fish, carp and all other common fish
are increasing rapidly by natural propa.
CATION IN the more sluggish streams and
IN Utah lake.
The autumn paintings of 1871 will
hardly be large enough to catch this
spring and summer, but last spring 8
hatchIngs. which are the greater por.
ton OF the year s production, are from
IlYe TO eight inches long now. and are
therefore nearly all of catchable size.
The 1910 and 1909 paintings and native
natchlngs VIII furnish all the larger
fish for 1912 catchings. Owing 10 vary.
Ing. conditions of food supply in the
different waters many of these older
FISH weigh only two or three pounds
this spring, while others, like the we'll
fed fellows in Fish lake, are from six
to ten pounds in size, Those from
flfteen to twenty-five pounds in size
may be anywhere from four to ejobt
years of age.
u ROM 10000 to 100000 native trout
have been planted in each of the
creeks In Salt Lake county in each OF
the last two years. AS we'll as an equal
number OF Eastern brook, German
brown and Rainbow combined. Big
ana LATHE Cottonwood creeks have re-
ceiSed nearly 100000 ench, annually of
HI varletles. Mill creek aud Spring
creek, Parley's and Emigration canyon
creeks with the Pugh ditch have each
received about one-hslf this number
annually, aud from these creeks. all the
tributaries and bitches are supplied |
naturally: SO that according to the |
game commissioner and his wardens |
hshlng here this season should be as
good as it has ever been in the history |
of the state.
All the Wasatch lakes in Salt Lake
county GO nnn have also received upward OF
10000 trout each. annually. and arc
now, exceedingly well stocked Tho
angler needs but to calculate how
many fisherfolks standing on the shores
OF Twin lakes. Lake Marion. Lake
Blanche and Silver lake would be nee.
eessary to catch $4,000 fish from each
lake lake: to learn that through the ben
enc'ent operations of the state game
law there are ample quantities of fsn
according to law, "'"
The spring paintings of 1911 are of