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<br />P~hrnmp Valley Times - Nye County's Largest Newspaper Circulation Page 2 of3 <br /> <br />big game hunting tags. These are premium tags that hunters purchase at auctions and <br />through a special drawing that is held in conjunction with the annual big game tag drawing. <br /> <br />Currently the Heritage account's balance is nearly $4 million. Approximately $530,000 has <br />been expended from the account projects over the years. <br /> <br />Recent projects include NDOW's big and small game trapping and transplant programs, <br />water development (guzzler) construction and range restoration and reseeding. The <br />Fraternity of the Desert Bighorn has received funding to defray a portion of their expenses in <br />chartering helicopters to inspect and maintain big game water developments. <br /> <br />Project applications will be accepted through March 1, 2005 for projects that should be <br />conducted between July 1, 2005 and June 30, 2006. Applications are available at NDOW <br />offices and online at ndow.org/hunt/seasons/heritage.shtm. <br /> <br />Five record fish caught in Nevada <br /> <br />Nevada's anglers apparently didn't let the drought conditions that plagued the state this year <br />affect them too much as they reeled in five fish that will likely go into the books as new state <br />records, according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife (NDOW). <br /> <br />Mark Warren, NDOW staff biologist, said that in addition to the potential new state records, <br />10 fish were caught that set individual water records and more than 50 certificates were <br />issued by the agency to anglers for catching "trophy" fish. <br /> <br />"Normally we average two or three state records per year and some years we don't have any <br />records broken. So this has been a very good year and it's not over yet," said Warren. <br /> <br />One record that was set this year and will likely be difficult to surpass in the near future is a <br />,?:pound, l1-ounce bullhead catfish that was caught by Wayne Logan of Las Vegas on June <br />29 in a farm pond near Lida Junction. Taken with store bought catfish bait, it more than <br />doubled the old record of 3 pounds, 5 ounces. <br /> <br />Two state records were caught in June in Big Bend State Park alonq the Colorado Rivpr <br />below Laughlin. They included a ~Iuegill weiqhinq 2 pounds. 1 Ollnrpc;: caught by Mike Scott <br />Of Laughlin and a 2-pound, 5-ounce redear sunfish taken by Bill,Condon of Bullhead City, <br />Ariz.' . <br /> <br />The first record of the year was caught on Jan. 24 at Lake Tahoe when Gregg Harris of <br />Truckee, Calif. pulled in a 3-pound, 4-ounce mountain whitefish. The 20-inch fish was caught <br />with a live worm. <br /> <br />A wiper that was 33 1/2 inches in length and weighed 18 pounds, 8 ounces became the new <br />state record when caught by Dan Hannum of Dayton on Sept. 5 in Lahontan Reservoir. A <br />wiper is a hybrid fish'that is a cross between a striped bass and awhite bass. <br /> <br />Warren said that there are several state records that he believes will be broken in the near <br />future, if not next year. These include the current spotted bass record of 4 pounds, 2 ounces <br />as well as the wiper record. <br /> <br />"Spotted bass were stocked in Lahontan and Rye Patch reservoirs in the past 10 years. I <br />expect some will eventually come in at around 5 to 6 pounds," he said. <br /> <br />Wipers were introduced into Lahontan and Rye Patch more than 10 years ago as well as in <br />very limited numbers more recently at Wildhorse and South Fork reservoirs. He believes <br />these fish will eventually grow to around 25 pounds. <br /> <br />Trophy fish certificates are issued by NDOW to anglers who catch fish that are of a certain <br />minimum size, depending upon the species. Anglers who catch a state record fish receive an <br /> <br />http://www.pahrnmpvalleytimes.com/2004/12/1 O/sports/wildlife,html <br /> <br />12/14/2004 <br />