05-04-2021, 12:38 AM
So Castnshoot, please explain to me why each water needs to be "evaluated upon request?". That says nothing. Take for instance the Dushane River or the Sevier river. Both were historically open to fishing. Now, both are closed to the public as the land owners have sold the rights to private concerns so they can have total access to some of the best water in the state. Same with the upper Provo. Private concerns with lots of money are buying up access and pretty soon the only thing left for the public will be stretches like the Provo below Jordanelle, Weber below Rockport to Echo, and the Lower Provo. I am not much of a stream fishman, but I did some in the day. I used to fish the Provo from the University Parkway bridge, up to the 2230 North Bridge. This section of the river runs through the Riverside Golf Course. Some of the people on the course used to come and try and run you off, I even had them call the police several times. I was always in the stream bed, never on their property and eventually they quit trying to run me off. Now, that stretch of the river, from the mouth of the Canyon downstream to the bridge on 500 West is totally closed. TOTAL BOVINE SCATOLOGY !!! Just like the rest of this compost they are flinging at us. No one at DNR or DWR wants to take on the Ag interests and put them in their place. The public needs to step up and force the state to recognize the original court ruling and make them enforce it. Then, sportsman need to police the water and report the jerks that ruin it for everyone else !!!