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[catchinon]

Hate to beat this thing to death (pun unintended) but I'm starting to wonder how restricted we are going to be. I get the thing about the county waters being limited but there appears to be even more restrictions coming. I have a son (Utah County) who spent the weekend shed hunting in Garfield County. He and some of his friends from his work place were camped in a remote area about one hour out from Blanding when they were confronted by a Garfield County Sheriff who told them to leave asap inasmuch as they were not residents of the county. He produced some kind of health advisory document that had just been adopted that prohibited non-county residents from recreating in Garfield County. If other counties or Gov Herbert enact something similar state wide it will impact more than just a restriction on county ponds. I never thought the C-19 bug would significantly impact our non-spectator sport of fishing but who knows where this thing is going??

I'm willing to do my part to get this virus under control but I sure hope it does not advance to the point where even fishing is prohibited. Will someone please tell me I am wrong and assure me they will not take my fishing away.

Maybe I can play the devil's advocate for a minute. The guv has bent over backward to say that no one not complying with his order to not congregate would be ticketed, and plenty have ignored it, such as the mass that congregated at the airport to greet returning missionaries. So go ahead and go fishing anywhere you want; no one will arrest you for it. 

Okay, I was only half serious about the above. We personally are exercising the most stringent precautions and get upset with those who don't take this seriously. I just heard a broadcast where they said that the cases will peak in two weeks and be mostly over by June first. Is it worth endangering ourselves and others because we can't wait a few weeks to go fishing anywhere we want?

BTW, Lynn, Blanding is in San Juan county unless they've moved it recently. Or am I just ? I thought I was once but I wasn't sure.