Scofield DWR Netting

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[quote Fishrmn]The cost is that we've had (pretty much still have) a Utah State Park that is a ghost town.

[font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]Since I have only been there once in the late 1970's, I have no first hand knowledge on that. I just got off the phone with the Scofield Park office. I asked what the occupancy rate is during the summer months there. The answer: near or at full occupancy all summer long. Based on that intel, I would have to ask what data you based your assertion that it is a 'ghost town.'[/size][/#800000][/font]

There was a time when the saying floated around that you could walk across Scofield from boat to boat. Nobody pays to launch boats or stay in the campgrounds. [font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]I didn't ask about day use (one day boat launch), but the campground stays full most of the time according to park staff information.[/size][/#800000][/font]

They still pay to maintain it and staff it, but why? [font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3] If for nothing else, to keep the campers happy.[/size][/#800000][/font]

There has been a whole lot of economic opportunity for Carbon County that has been squandered. [font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]??? What economic opportunity would that be? The ONLY town that would be impacted by Scofield Reservoir would be the town of Scofield that had a declining total, year round population of 23 according to the 2010 Census. That decline has been slowed every so slightly be a few [/size][/#800000][/font][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]outsiders constructing summer vacation homes in the area. Can't say that the economic impact of that, one way or the other, is meaningful in the slightest.[/size][/#800000][/font]

When people don't go fishing, they don't buy licenses. That's a loss for the DWR. [font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]I doubt seriously that the loss of fishing opportunities at one single fishing lake will have ANY measurable impact on the total number of fishing licenses sold. And we are talking about just one fishing lake - Scofield. People that fish will just fish elsewhere. They will NOT stop fishing just because a lake they fished has turned sour.[/size][/#800000][/font]

As JandSGuns said;
I am not interested in catching wipers, muskies, chubs or small cuts and tigers that have to be thrown back. I gave up fishing Scofield. I always hope that someday that will be a great trout fishery again. [font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3] I have to ask - what, in your mind, constitutes a 'great trout fishery'? Is it catching a limit on every visit; is it catching fish bigger than this years planters; what is it? I can catch a limit of 15" to 18" trout in 4 hours or less in at least 6 lakes within 1 hours drive from my home in Weber County. So what am I missing?[/size][/#800000][/font]

I think there a lot of folks who feel the same way. I've talked to a lot of folks who feel the exact same way, but most of them don't jump on BFT and shout praises for perch or walleye, or bass, or muskies.



[red]⫸[/red][orange]<{[/orange][yellow]{{[/yellow][green]{[/green][size 4][green]⦇[/green][/size][blue]°>[/blue][/quote][font "Comic Sans MS"][#800000][size 3]Sorry, but I'm still not convinced there is a measurable/significant monetary cost (loss of revenue) to the state or it's citizens associated with anglers avoiding fishing at Scofield. But I can change my mind if shown some actual data that supports the contention. []
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