Hungry Horse news., 1955-05-20
1855 Fishing Season Opening Sunday

lakes, IlSn1ng season IN the Fiat |
head and nearby Glacier National
Park opens Sunday.
Closed until June rs are Ashley,
Bitterroot lakes and Hungry Horse
reservoir. Rogers lake near Mar
ion is open only for winter fish.
ing, and Smith lake rearing pond
near Whitefish is closed year ar
ound.
Ross Wilson, Kalispell, head
game warden for the district, adj
viseS anglers to read the fishing
regulations booklet.
May % will see the Flathead riv-
er open from the North Fork juno
ton near Blankenships to Flat
head lake. This is termed a Dolly
Warden season, but all species may
be caught.
Limit is 10 fish or 10 pounds and
fish, Wilson commented. An ex-
ception is the Flathead's South
Fork above Hungry Horse Dam
where when the season opens the
limit will be just five rainbow or
cutthroats instead of ten. This also
applies to the Flathead's Middle
Fork above Bear creek.
Size limitation is generally off
on fish except for Dolly Warden,
which still must be 18 inches long
to be retained.
Reason for this change includes
the situation where many brook
trout as an example never get
more than seven inches long.
No fishing license is required
in Glacier National Park. The sea-
son generally conforms with the
rest of Montana. West of the con-
tinental divide all lakes open for
fishing May % and streams open
June 26. Season ends Oct. Is. East
of the divide-aS elsewhere in the
State-the season opens May % in
all waters.
Limit is Is pounds and l fish
not exceeding in the aggregate II
, fish.
/ A. D. Cannavina, assistant CHIEF
: ranger in charge of forestry anc
Wildlife, lists closed areas as Mid
5 vale and Hidden creeks, and {
| short section of Camas creek above
: and below the North Fork roac
5 where fingerlings are often plant
ed.
5 Kintla lake, like all lakes in tht
L park, opens for fishing May %
However the road is still blocked
: by snow. Other North Fork lake.
are as accessible as usual in spring
:. :, Howe and Mud lakes are to b,
: open until $50 p. m. July s.. 80
Fishing hours are from 5 a. IN
until $50 p. m.
t Available starting Sunday viii
r be Birch and Simpson rowboat
}. and motorboats for rent at the foo
of Lake Mcdonald.
e Other park rules as to size an,
d bait include: IS
Il Snagging of fish is prohibited.
# Possession of more than l day
4 catch limit by any person at an
= time is prohibited.
: No fish less than 6 inches lon
may be retained. All fish hooke
less than such length shall be care
d fully handled with moist hands an
d returned at once to the water.
Is Fishing with nets, Seines, trap
or by the use of drugs or exploS
- ives, or for merchandise or prof
or in any other way than wit
hook and line, the rod or line be
ing held in the hand, is prohibite,
The possession, or use for bal
4 of salmon eggs or other fish spaW
at or any imitation thereof or SUI
De stance prepared therefrom is pre-
l. hibited.
49, Fishing with multiple spinn
- bats Cures with more than OF
- blade on single line) is prohil
= tied.
to Possession of live or dead mil
of noWs, clubs, or other bait fish,
in the use thereof as bait, is prohil
k tied.
Digging of worms for bait is pr
en- hlbited in the park.
ne Canning or curing of fish for t
est purpose of Transporting them @
on of a national park or monument
lie. prohibited.
" Possession of fishing tackle up
al or along any waters closed to fis
- ing shall be prima-facie evider
~ that the person or persons havi
~ such fishing tackle are guilty
a.. a unlawful fishing in such clos
" " waters.