Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-05-07
New
Ruling For
FiSherrnen
State Fish and Game Com
mission Tells How One
May Fish in County.
ALL NOW CONTAINED
IN ONE NEW ORDEKf

The State Fish and Game Connu1is-
sion has just issued a new order relat-
ing to open and closed seasons for
fishing in the streams and lakes of
Lincoln county. All previous rulmas
are rescinded and the entire matter il
now included in this one ruling. II =.
OF SO much interest and Importance
to the fishermen of the county that
the Western News publishes the or
cial notice below. 1t tells, in concise
form, where one may and may not
fish. 1t would be a good plan for CO
to clip this out of the paper and carry
it with ones fishing license.
1t is said that this order of the COM
mission was made following sugges-
ton by E. M. Boyes and Deputy Game
Warden Darlington, who wrote the
commission serveral months ago.
The order of the Commission follows.
NOTICE.
Notice is herby given that at the
Annual Meeting of the State Fish and
Game Commission, held in Helena,
Montana, April %, 1881, any order was
made as follows: That all previous or
ders of the Fish and Game Commission,
pertaining to fishing in Lincoln Coun-
ty Montana, be rescinded That all
waters in Lincoln County not men,
toned in the following order shall be
governed by the regular closed and
open seasons, until further order Of
the Commission. That the following
streams shall be closed to fishing at all
times of the year, until further order
of the Commission. Miller Creek, and
tributaries, from its source to the Fish
err River; Flower Creek, and its trib-
utaries, from the Mountain States
Power Company dam to its source.
West Fisher Greek, and its tributaries,
from the National Parks Highway to
its source; East Fisher Greek, and its
tributaries, from its junction with Silver
Butte Fisher to- its source, and alao
Spread Greek, Peat Greek and Seven
teen Mile Greek, located in the Yak
Basin That the closed season shall be
suspended entirely on the Kootenai
River, in Lincoln County, and on the
following lakes; Loon, Leone, Horse
shoe, Bootjack, LaVone, Crystal and
Rainbow Lakes, near Happy's Inn;
Howard Lake, South of Libby, Nom.
tana; Bull, Savage, Schoolhouse and
Miner Lakes, near Troy Montana; and
Dickey Lake, near Stryker, Montana.
That the Kootenai River, in Lincoln
County, and the following lakes shall
be open to ice fishing Loon, Leone,
Horseshoe, Bootjack, LaVone, Crystal
and Rainbow Lakes, near Happy's Inn;
Bull, Savage, Schoolhouse and Miner
Lakes. near Troy, Montana; Dickey
Lake, near Stryker, Montana; and Loon,
Tetroult, Morand, OBrien, Timber and
Big Island Lakes, located in northeast
ern Lincoln County. That in addition
TO the regular closed season, Kilbren-
nan and Cowles Lakes, near Troy,
Montana, and Martin Lake, near For
tine, Montana, shall be closed to fish
ing from September to December /,
both dates inclusive, of each year. That
Tetrault, Morand, O'Brien, Timber and
Big Island Lakes, located in northeast
ern Lincoln County, shall be closed to
fishing during the months Of June,
July and August, of each year, and
open to fishing the remainder Of the
year, the regular closed season being
suspended
MONTANA STATE FISH AND
GAME COMMISSION,
BY: T. N. MARLOWE, Chairman.
1t r. H. HILL, Secretary.