Arizona sun., 1950-04-14
Fishing Seasons And
Regulations Printed

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Pamphlets listing 1850 fishing
seasons and regulations are now
being printed and will probably be
mailed to license dealers within the
next ten days, Thomas L. Kimball,
Director of the Ahizona Game and
Fish Commission, said today.
Kimball said that added facil-
tiles in the trout hatchery division
during the past year will provide
a much greater supply Of trout for
the 1850 season than in the past.
improvements have been made in
each of the State trout hatcheries,
with greatest increase in product
ion from the Page Springs Hatch
cry, near Cornvill, with four new
large-size trout rearing ponds cap
able of producing additional thous-
ands of legal sized trout annually.
Several new rearing ponds have
also been constructed at the small
ler Tonto Hatchery, near Payson.
The Williams Creek Hatchery, near
MCNary, jointly operated by the
Ft. Apache Tribal Council, the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the Arizona Game and Fish Com
mission, is also being enlarged in
capacity.
Bass spawning areas in both
Apache and Sahuaro Lakes have
been set off and closed to fishing
to protect the nests and parent
fish during the nesting season, A.
w. Yoder, Director of Fisheries, re-
ported today. The closed spawning
areas in both lakes are clearly
posted with signs, Yoder said.
Canyon Lake, recently drained,
is refilling and has been restocked
with 4O4 brood bass weighing from
IL to pounds, transferred from
Rooeevelt Lake, and 38 three to six
pound brood bass transferred from
Apache Lake. The lake is also be-
ing stocked with small bass from
the State Bass Hatchery at PAP
ago Park, near Tempe. Canyon
Lake will remain closed, probably
for another year or so. Meanwhile,
Apache and Stewart Mr.. Lakes are
open and producing for Valley fish
men.
Javelina hunting in Arizona for
1850 ended Friday, March 31st.
o. N. Arlington, Arizona Big
Gabe Supervisor, said that he has
been consiredably surprised by the
amount of hunting activity during
the season, although reports are
not yet Conclusive on either sale OF
iavelina licenses or hunter reports
on javelina hunting. To date, Ar
rington said, only 423 javelina kills
have been reported by hunters for
the season.
This year is. the first time that
the separate javelina tag, request
ed by many sportsmen and autho- |
rized by the Arizona legislature,
has been in effect. It will provide |
the first definite information on
volume of javelina hunting effort,
hunter success and degree of hunt |
ing success by areas, Arlington
said. The system is similar to that
in effect on deer, turkey, elk and
antelope in recent years, and will
provide badly needed information
by which sound game management
procedures may be instituted, Ar
rington said.
unter cooperation Is the crux OF
this method of establishing facts
on bog game species, since those
who purchase the bog game hunt
ing tags provide the data when they
send in their hunter reports at the
end of each season. Hunter report
cards for javelina, Arlington re-
minded, are notw due. The report
cards are attached to each hunters
iavelina license.
Arizona is the only state having
a general public hunt for javelina.