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Show Local Fishing Still Good Cumulative effects of a 5 year drought have left many area reservoirs reser-voirs with exceptionally low water wa-ter levels. However, fishermen can thank their own efforts in providing provid-ing funding for conservation pool purchases over a good many years and the consideration from numerous numer-ous area irrigation companies for seeing that many waters still have good populations of sport fish. Funding from sportsmen was used by DWR as long ago as 1940-42 1940-42 to purchase conservation pools in Upper Enterprise Reservoir and Yankee Meadow Reservoir. Although water levels were very low last fall at these locations, enough water was retained to overwinter large numbers of fish and now that water levels are higher both reservoirs will offer good fishing this summer. Without the conservation pool program, both of these lakes would likely have been drained last year, which would have resulted resul-ted in a total loss of fishing opportunity oppor-tunity this year. Similar conservation pools were purchased between 1959 through 1990 with sportsmen's dollars at Oak Creek Reservoir, Lower Bowns Reservoir, and Pacer Lake in Garfield County. All should offer good fishing during 1991. Fishermen should also thank local irrigators and farmers for their efforts to consider fishermen as well as their own livelihood. Local sportsmen should be aware of the help they have received and plan on some good fishing this year if they take the time to look for it. |