05-05-2005, 09:17 PM
I've been prowlin' the shoreline of Utah Lake sense a lad of 10 and was allowed to peddle my rear end out there from Spanking Fork. I'm now 50 and I assure you I've eaten more fish from Utah lake than all other places I eaten fish from combined.
Over the years I've of course heard the BS of how the fish in the lake will kill you where you stand if eaten. But to that I say to many people are simply to easy to convince merely because so and so said so or, some one some one knew said this or that. BS! I say, let those that care to believe such crap chew on tumor riddled ground beef because I'd happily rather eat a healthy serving of Big Kittie, Muddies, Whities or Eye from Utah Lake...
The simple fact is Utah Lake gets a bad rap due to its murky/milky water appearance. However, I dont know that I've ever seen Willard Bay look any clearer. Both are shallow soup bowls as far as depth. When the wind blows strong enough the mean wave base reaches the lake bottom of Utah Lake and you see the result, murky/milky water. Another thing many people over look is the geological feature that forms the bottom of Utah Lake and if I'm not mistaken its a light colored lime stone. That alone will cause its whitish appearence.
Yes its true many many many years ago the Lake received tons of valley waste daily and was treated like a sesspool no differently than any other lake near a town ship or city was. Those years were over and done with long before I was born. And the natural bio filtering system in the lake took care of that problem quickly. As an ex US Steel worker I will state Geneva did drain literally hundreds of thousands of gals of water into the lake at the "bubble up" daily and it probably added to what, if any, pollution problems that may still exist. However, I believe natural source such as livestock and boat engines, to name a few, added to the problem just as much if not far greater..
So I say,, Hook em and cook em.. But save a few for the rest of us and those about to join the battle with their first fishy poles..
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Over the years I've of course heard the BS of how the fish in the lake will kill you where you stand if eaten. But to that I say to many people are simply to easy to convince merely because so and so said so or, some one some one knew said this or that. BS! I say, let those that care to believe such crap chew on tumor riddled ground beef because I'd happily rather eat a healthy serving of Big Kittie, Muddies, Whities or Eye from Utah Lake...
The simple fact is Utah Lake gets a bad rap due to its murky/milky water appearance. However, I dont know that I've ever seen Willard Bay look any clearer. Both are shallow soup bowls as far as depth. When the wind blows strong enough the mean wave base reaches the lake bottom of Utah Lake and you see the result, murky/milky water. Another thing many people over look is the geological feature that forms the bottom of Utah Lake and if I'm not mistaken its a light colored lime stone. That alone will cause its whitish appearence.
Yes its true many many many years ago the Lake received tons of valley waste daily and was treated like a sesspool no differently than any other lake near a town ship or city was. Those years were over and done with long before I was born. And the natural bio filtering system in the lake took care of that problem quickly. As an ex US Steel worker I will state Geneva did drain literally hundreds of thousands of gals of water into the lake at the "bubble up" daily and it probably added to what, if any, pollution problems that may still exist. However, I believe natural source such as livestock and boat engines, to name a few, added to the problem just as much if not far greater..
So I say,, Hook em and cook em.. But save a few for the rest of us and those about to join the battle with their first fishy poles..
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