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Show Adults fishing police pond problems Dear Editor: May I respond to Mrs. Judd's letter of last week? I have fished at Farmington Pond at least two days a week tor many years. I've been there since they made it deeper. I fished there all last summer. To begin with, the pond isn't full for a whole year. It really doesn't have to be. The fishing season is six months long at most. The pond doesn't have to be full to maintain fish. As a matter of fact, it got quite low last summer, but the fish were still healthy and catchable. If Mrs. Judd has seen rocks being thrown at the ducks, then she must spend more time at the pond than I do. I have never seen any rocks being be-ing thrown at ducks. If this should happen, the adult fisherpeople would put an end to that in a hurry. In 1923 when Lagoon was flooded, flood-ed, was there a debris basin then? The pond was filled to the brim with rocks and debris in 1983. Wouldn't there be more room for rocks and debris now that the pond is deeper? What's the point? I have never seen any warning signs except 4 'No swimming or boating." I can't remember hearing of three drownings at the pond, and I've lived here all my life. I think I do vaguely remember one many years ago, but I could be wrong. The adult fisherpeople pretty well police the pond. Anyone who gets out of line is reprimanded. There are always enough adults present to maintain control. The homes that surround the pond are for the most part on a hill behind a wall of oak brush. They have no problem, I would think. They knew the pond was there when they built or bought their houses. Why can't a debris basin be a fishing pond when it brings joy into & the lives of so many people? I think after all these years the fisherpeople and the fish should have "squatters' rights. ' Evidently Mrs. Judd doesn't fish. Winter should not be a problem. Just make the pond off-limits and fine people found there. As I understand it, Mrs. Judd does not live directly below the pond, but east of the road going into it. Why, after living there for 30 years, has she suddenly become so agitated? Anyway, it seems that surely some kind of compromise could be reached without breaking the hearts of the seniors, taxpayers, fisherpeople fisherpeo-ple and kids! We don't need a park. Just give us some fish and a rest room! Mother Nature, if given time, someday will repair the ravages done by the excavation. The pond may be a debris basin to Mrs. Judd, but to generations of Davis County folks it's Farmington Pond. The same concerned fisherperson Bountiful |