04-06-2009, 11:01 PM
Thanks, guys. Paying for access irks me, although I am willing if there is enough reason. We did fish from the State park once last year, the west side, and caught 200 three inch perch, even after walking around the bend to the south for more than a mile. As you close in on the dam, you are stopped, period.
My 8 y/o daughter is a crazy fisher-girl and really likes to go all the time. But seriously, after shaking 30.00 loose from the budget for gas and a McDonald's stop, that is often all I can spare for the weekend.
Sorry, but I'm NOT all that interested in the community pondprograms. I live right near Bountiful Lake and the place just depresses me. I'm trying to raise kids with an appreciation for wild places and a mud-puddle next to the dump where you can hear the cops shooting at their training range and the only wildlife to view is domestic geese?.... well, nice try DWR. They serve a purpose, and we have fished there, and we have caught a few, and I'm glad they are there for people, esp. kids right in the neighborhoods, but just isn't what I'm after.
The other time at Jordanelle, when we just hiked in, we came home with a nice stringer of perch and smaller bass, and ate fish for dinner. We also layed into a couple of 14-17" smallies and took her picture with the "big fish"
she caught. At the state park, she tired of catching the perchlets and threw rocks instead. See?
What really annoys me is that even if I'm willing to do the work, I can't access certain places, UNLESS I have a motorboat, then it's OK. KInda like the BS about how I can't drive my Sidekick on certain mountain roads, but ATV's are OK. That's discriminatory and senseless.
It's an hour drive, and full of good eating fish, just right for a kid, so it would be great if I could make it one of my favorite places, but I guess not.
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My 8 y/o daughter is a crazy fisher-girl and really likes to go all the time. But seriously, after shaking 30.00 loose from the budget for gas and a McDonald's stop, that is often all I can spare for the weekend.
Sorry, but I'm NOT all that interested in the community pondprograms. I live right near Bountiful Lake and the place just depresses me. I'm trying to raise kids with an appreciation for wild places and a mud-puddle next to the dump where you can hear the cops shooting at their training range and the only wildlife to view is domestic geese?.... well, nice try DWR. They serve a purpose, and we have fished there, and we have caught a few, and I'm glad they are there for people, esp. kids right in the neighborhoods, but just isn't what I'm after.
The other time at Jordanelle, when we just hiked in, we came home with a nice stringer of perch and smaller bass, and ate fish for dinner. We also layed into a couple of 14-17" smallies and took her picture with the "big fish"
she caught. At the state park, she tired of catching the perchlets and threw rocks instead. See?
What really annoys me is that even if I'm willing to do the work, I can't access certain places, UNLESS I have a motorboat, then it's OK. KInda like the BS about how I can't drive my Sidekick on certain mountain roads, but ATV's are OK. That's discriminatory and senseless.
It's an hour drive, and full of good eating fish, just right for a kid, so it would be great if I could make it one of my favorite places, but I guess not.
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