﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  INTERIOR 
  WATERS. 
  

  

  571 
  

  

  UTAH. 
  

  

  A 
  comparatively 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  semi-professional 
  fi.sliing 
  is 
  carried 
  

   on 
  in 
  the 
  numerous 
  lakes 
  in 
  this 
  State, 
  lines, 
  seines, 
  and 
  gill 
  nets 
  being 
  

   employed. 
  Suckers, 
  which 
  are 
  found 
  in 
  incredible 
  numbers 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  lakes 
  and 
  riv^ers, 
  comprise 
  the 
  major 
  pait 
  of 
  the 
  catch, 
  but 
  the 
  

   most 
  interesting 
  feature 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  is 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  two 
  introduced 
  

   species, 
  namely, 
  black 
  bass 
  and 
  carp. 
  Black 
  bass 
  are 
  now 
  numerous 
  

   in 
  Utah 
  Lake, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  planted 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  in 
  

   1895 
  30,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  there 
  taken 
  for 
  market. 
  This 
  lake, 
  whose 
  

   fisheries 
  are 
  tlie 
  most 
  important 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  also 
  yields 
  cari), 
  trout, 
  

   and 
  suckers. 
  Other 
  important 
  waters 
  are 
  Bear 
  Lake, 
  between 
  Idaho 
  

   and 
  Utab, 
  in 
  which 
  suckers 
  and 
  trout 
  are 
  caught; 
  Panquitch 
  Lake, 
  in 
  

   which 
  trout 
  and 
  suckers 
  are 
  taken, 
  and 
  Ogden 
  and 
  Weber 
  rivers, 
  

   which 
  produce 
  mostly 
  suckers, 
  with 
  some 
  trout 
  and 
  whitetish. 
  Owing 
  to 
  

   the 
  desultory 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  fishing, 
  it 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  

   statistical 
  account, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  figures 
  are 
  only 
  approximate: 
  

  

  Statistics 
  of 
  Utah 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1SH5. 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Value 
  

  

  Persons 
  employed 
  : 
  

  

  Fishermen 
  

  

  Transporters 
  

  

  Boats, 
  apparatus, 
  etc. 
  : 
  

  

  Hoats 
  

  

  Seines 
  (length, 
  12,600 
  feet) 
  .. 
  

   Gill 
  nets 
  (length, 
  2,700 
  feet) 
  . 
  

  

  Lines 
  

  

  Shore 
  property 
  

  

  627 
  

   3 
  

  

  $1,175 
  

  

  1, 
  575 
  

  

  110 
  

  

  1,675 
  

  

  7,200 
  

  

  Total 
  investment 
  , 
  

  

  Products 
  : 
  

  

  Black 
  ba-sa 
  pounds 
  . 
  

  

  Carp 
  do 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Suckers 
  do 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Trout 
  do... 
  

  

  Whiteflsh 
  do. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  do... 
  

  

  .10,000 
  

   133, 
  324 
  

   062, 
  400 
  

   85, 
  UltO 
  

   18,600 
  

  

  1.230,124 
  

  

  11,736 
  

  

  3,000 
  

   3,330 
  

   20,649 
  

   8.090 
  

   1,510 
  

  

  37, 
  470 
  

  

  