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Show Phone Vote Offered On Fishing Changes Local fishing enthusiasts will have an opportunity to voice their opinions on fishing at popular Wide Hollow Reservoir at Es-calante Es-calante State Park. Personnel at Escalante State Park and the Division of Wildlife Resources are considering options on types of fishing at Wide Hollow and are seeking input from the public before making a decision. The options under consideration are leaving the lake with both blucgill and trout to provide a variety vari-ety of angling opportunities or eradicate all of the fish and restock with trout only. The public is being asked to vote their choice by calling park personnel at 826-4466. Supt. Tom Shakespeare says that Wide Hollow has the potential of being a productive fishery, capable capa-ble of producing good sized fish in a relatively short time. However, he says, the reservoir which was constructed in the late 1950s for the irrigation water storage has lost approximately 40 percent of its capacity ca-pacity by siltation. The condition necessitates drawing the water down to extremely low levels in late summer, which reduces the fishes food supply, thus hampering the fishery's potential. Shakespeare urges everyone who likes to fish at Wide Hollow to call and express their opinion. |
