12-28-2004, 08:55 PM
Well, I also don't think that restricting the irrigation is a good answer. The livelihood of the people in those valleys is far more important than having a few fish in one lake.
That reservoir was created specifically to hold the water for irrigation purposes. Not to create a great fishery for those of us that like fishing. With that in mind, I would rather stick with Fish Lake and Mill Meadow when I'm down there, and leave Johnson for the irrigation.
I know Mill Meadow is for irrigation too, after all, that's where the water from Johnson ends up. From your post it sounds like the surface area of the lake is the big difference between the two.
Anyway, sorry for stirring up a controversy. I was just getting greedy hoping for another fishery but I don't want to let my hobby, however addicting, get in the way of other people living their life, watering their crops, feeding their animals, etc.
I am related to a big part of the people in that area, too.
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That reservoir was created specifically to hold the water for irrigation purposes. Not to create a great fishery for those of us that like fishing. With that in mind, I would rather stick with Fish Lake and Mill Meadow when I'm down there, and leave Johnson for the irrigation.
I know Mill Meadow is for irrigation too, after all, that's where the water from Johnson ends up. From your post it sounds like the surface area of the lake is the big difference between the two.
Anyway, sorry for stirring up a controversy. I was just getting greedy hoping for another fishery but I don't want to let my hobby, however addicting, get in the way of other people living their life, watering their crops, feeding their animals, etc.
I am related to a big part of the people in that area, too.
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