05-21-2016, 10:52 PM
[#0000FF]Regs for the Jordan River are pretty much the same as those for Utah Lake. Ditto for fish species. No special regulations...except you can't keep any dead bodies you find. No limit on shopping carts.
Seriously, the Jordan River still suffers from a lingering bad rep...from the days when it was more of a repository for everybody's trash and the runoff and pollution from several businesses and municipalities. It has been greatly improved in the past decade...both visually and ecologically. There are improvement projects, walkways and parks along much of the river now. And the sources of pollution from the past have been greatly curtailed.
In truth, the fish from Jordanelle and some other "pristine" waters are more subject to mercury and other pollutants than the Jordan River. A lot of the creeks and tributaries coming down from the mountains still contain residues of mercury, arsenic, cyanide and other toxic materials used in the mining days of old.
But since the water does come from Utah Lake it is subject to the same warnings. One of those is not to eat carp or large catfish from those waters. There is a PCB buildup in the fatty tissues of large members of those species. But if you want to keep and eat some of the smaller cats...and virtually any white bass or walleyes...go head on. Always a good idea to fillet them and use a high heat method of cooking...like frying or grilling. Smoking works well also to reduce any residual oils. But nobody over the course of many years has been diagnosed with any ailments from eating any of the fish.
If nothing else, use the river as a "brain broom", to fish away the stress of a hard day at work. Even though the river runs through a big city, there is still lots of wild life (not counting human couples) to be seen. And just waving your fish pole over the water seems to have therapeutic benefits.
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Seriously, the Jordan River still suffers from a lingering bad rep...from the days when it was more of a repository for everybody's trash and the runoff and pollution from several businesses and municipalities. It has been greatly improved in the past decade...both visually and ecologically. There are improvement projects, walkways and parks along much of the river now. And the sources of pollution from the past have been greatly curtailed.
In truth, the fish from Jordanelle and some other "pristine" waters are more subject to mercury and other pollutants than the Jordan River. A lot of the creeks and tributaries coming down from the mountains still contain residues of mercury, arsenic, cyanide and other toxic materials used in the mining days of old.
But since the water does come from Utah Lake it is subject to the same warnings. One of those is not to eat carp or large catfish from those waters. There is a PCB buildup in the fatty tissues of large members of those species. But if you want to keep and eat some of the smaller cats...and virtually any white bass or walleyes...go head on. Always a good idea to fillet them and use a high heat method of cooking...like frying or grilling. Smoking works well also to reduce any residual oils. But nobody over the course of many years has been diagnosed with any ailments from eating any of the fish.
If nothing else, use the river as a "brain broom", to fish away the stress of a hard day at work. Even though the river runs through a big city, there is still lots of wild life (not counting human couples) to be seen. And just waving your fish pole over the water seems to have therapeutic benefits.
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