Fishing changes proposed for 2019 and 2020

Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources are recommending changes that will affect anglers in Utah for the next two years. If the changes are approved, you’d be allowed to use corn as bait at all of Utah’s fishing waters, keep more lake trout at Flaming Gorge Reservoir, enjoy a two-day possession limit statewide, and have a better chance at catching big channel catfish at Cutler Reservoir.
And that’s just the start. The biologists are recommending numerous changes for the 2019 and 2020 fishing seasons. You can see all of their recommendations at www.wildlife.utah.gov/public_meetings/rac/2018-09_rac_packet.pdf.
Learn more, share your ideas
After you’ve reviewed the ideas, you can share your thoughts with your Regional Advisory Council members by attending your upcoming RAC meeting or by sending an email to them.
RAC chairmen will share the input they receive with members of the Utah Wildlife Board when the board meets in Salt Lake City on Sept. 27 to approve rules for Utah’s 2019 and 2020 fishing seasons.
Dates, times and locations for the RAC meetings are as follows:
Central Region
Sept. 4
6:30 p.m.
Springville Civic Center
110 S. Main St.                                               
Springville
Northern Region
Sept. 5
6 p.m.
Brigham City Community Center
24 N. 300 W.
Brigham City                                                                   
Southern Region
Sept. 11
7 p.m.
Hurricane Community Center
63 S. 100 W.
Hurricane
Southeastern Region
Sept. 12
6:30 p.m.
John Wesley Powell Museum
1765 E. Main St.
Green River
Northeastern Region
Sept. 13
6:30 p.m.
DWR Northeastern Region Office
318 N. Vernal Ave.
Vernal