The circle banner., 1920-07-09
LIMIT FISH CATCH
OF PARK TOURISTS
SAM WILL ALLOW YOU TO
HOOK ONLY TEN TROUT IN
YELLOWSTONE THIS YEAR
No License for Fishing Will Be Re-
quired for Those Wishing to Anglo
for Trout This Season, However;
Best Fishing Waters In America
Found There

Changes in the rules and regula,
tions Of Yellowstone national parl
effective during the 1920 season
make it unlawful for park visitors OF
employees to catch more than 10 fish
in streams and lakes within two miles
Of the park highways. Parties fish
ing more than two miles from the
main travelled roads will not be af.
fected by the new regulation, where
20 fish may be caught.
AS 1t is an established fact that
trout fishing in Yellowstone waters
is unexcelled, the officials decreased
the limit of the catches to afford
more pleasure to the thousands OF
fishing enthusiasts who visit their
favorite trout haunts in the park
each year. The action was taken
upon the recommendations of DR..
H M. Smith, commissioner of the
United States bureau of fisheries,
who visited the park in the 1919
season for the purpose of making a
careful study of the fish supply of
the park and to ascertain by person
al inspection, what ought to be done
to extend and improve the opportuui-
ties tcr catching fish in It's waters.
With the exception of several
streams in the southern district of the
great park, tourists are permitted ac-
cess to all its waters. An added
feature in the fishing regulations of
the park that no license is needed to
fish in any of the park waters. They
must be caught with hook and line
only and all fish less than eight
inches long must be carefully handled
and returned to the water, If not SER
iously injured, according to the fish
ing rules and regulations.
Since August Is, 1919, no market
the park had been permitted The
officials claimed the great influx of
amateur anglers made it essential to
conserve all of the fish of the park
for the lovers of the fishing sport.
Why Fishing Was Stopped
Fires originating in the dense for
ests in the vfcinities of Bechler river,
Falls river and Mountain Ash creek
during the past two seasons, was CIV
en- as the main reason for prohibiting
fishing in the above waters. Careless
campers In the territory, who neglect
ed to heed the fire warnings, are held
responsible for the serious fires in
the district.
The United States bureau of fish
cries, established at Yellowstone
park, have already opened their large
hatchery and are engaged in taking
spawn for the years operation, whielr1,
is expected to result in a more ex-
tensive planting of fry than ever be-
fore in the history of Yellowstone
park. The bureau of fisheries and
the national park service is cooperat-
Ing in an effort to make this park one
Of the greatest fishing resorts in the
world.
Planting Trout Fry
During the 1919 season, the two
planted more than
100000 fish II. park waters, the ma
iority of which we're the native" or
black spotted trout, while more than
100000 rainbow trout were planted |
asst season in the rivers and creeks.
Yellowstone lake, Shoshone lake
and Lewis lake abound with larger.
game trout which yield excellent
catches to skillful anglers. Native"
Loeb Leven, Makinaw and Eastern
brook trout, weighing from one to
l5 pounds, are freely caught from
boats on these waters.