10-26-2021, 01:33 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-26-2021, 01:38 PM by SkunkedAgain.)
So I'm not sure how I feel about the island deal, initially I had the knee jerk reaction that it would never work. I also felt like it's a big land grab for the wealthy and the public would be shorted from the deal. But if this was truly done so the private folks really put up the money to do this, which these days you always doubt because they seem to make public pay for their failures and they keep all the success to themselves... But if this could be done in a fair way, I actually think it would be possible, I'm pretty sure they could figure out how to put barriers in the lake that will hold the water out, and after pumping the water out, they could get big equipment in and move the muck out. Now how they would ever be able to dry it so it would become solid enough to use for island fill, I'm sure that will take some study... and this all goes with the understanding that core samples are taken to verify that there is a solid bottom under the muck. If Utah county continues to maintain it's hot job and real-estate market I'm pretty sure the islands would be very hot spots for building. The concern of mosquito's is not an issue as long as the abatement folks use the right chemical and don't get influenced to buy the stuff that doesn't work because of kick backs to their own pocket books... Not that I'm saying that happened, but anyway that doesn't have anything to do with this issue. I can see a lot of plus and minus issues, but I think it's not as crazy of an idea as i initially thought it was... I do think it will have to have a lot of thought and controls to make sure it doesn't turn into a big scandle, but I think that is possible... Looking at the possibility of a deeper lake with carp under control and maybe wiper in there to become a trophy fishery sounds interesting.... But I don't have a vested interest in the lake, you guys that fish there do, so I shouldn't be making decisions for your pond... What are some of your thoughts after you think about it outside of the emotional response?.... Later J
You know if I was an existing shore line property owner, I'd want to make sure the islands were a long ways from my shore line, I'd hate to have the population increase coming into my back yard... Later J
You know if I was an existing shore line property owner, I'd want to make sure the islands were a long ways from my shore line, I'd hate to have the population increase coming into my back yard... Later J
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!