06-25-2003, 09:30 PM
I grew up in Spanish Fork and always "knew" not to eat anything from that lake. I had this discussion with a few members from NAFC on this very subject a few years ago. Most of the members from that discussion are now here at BFT. I made the comment about the report I had read from years back on how many fish you could safely eat from what area of the lake. I was told by some of these members that I should take another look. I have been finding tidbits here and there about the water quality of the lake. From what I can find, it is around 65-70% cleaner than it was 20 years ago. As TD pointed out, once Geneva (and most of Utah valley) stopped dumping everything from sewer to raw chemicals into the lake, it is making a miraculous recovery. I actually caught a cutthroat trout there about 9 years ago by the Provo inlet. If you know how sensitive they are to "additives" in the water, you know the water is OK to eat out of. Largemouth can handle fairly warm water, but not filthy water. Ask the folks at the Sprinville hatchery. They could give you a lot better info than I could.
Have fun, catch fish, and eat up!
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Have fun, catch fish, and eat up!
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