Repairs scheduled for the Fairview Lake Dam

Plans to repair the dam mean that the lake will have to be drained to a level low enough to facilitate repairs. The Division of Wildlife Resources’ Brent Stettler stated "We already have at least 7000 trout in Fairview Lakes. The director has liberalized the limit; you can take twice the number of the legal limit of trout there. We are worried about the fish loss because work being done on the damn requires the contractor to drain a lot of water from the lake."

The dam is earthen and needs to be strengthened. Complete dewatering was finished by July 18. Because of this remodeling project, the daily bag and possession limit at Fairview Lakes has been temporarily increased to eight trout. Castle Country Radio

Improvements made to fishing at Joe's Valley and Huntington North Reservoirs

At the June Public Lands Council meeting, the new aquatics manager for the Division of Wildlife Resources Justin Hart talked about area fisheries.

Hart reported that for a few years the DWR has been working to improve the fishing at Joe's Valley  Reservoir and Huntington North Reservoir. Joe's Valley has become a trophy splake fishery and is popular among the locals but doesn't see much use by those from other areas. The Utah chub still infest Joe's Valley and the trout are almost nonexistent in Joe's Valley. The splake have been sustaining them and have been eating the chub. The DWR worked for several years mechanically removing the chub, but they aren't going to do that anymore and are letting the larger fish take care of the chub problem. It's the goal of the DWR to allow people to keep quality fish. In 2008 the DWR reported to the lands council some of the challenges these fisheries face and the different things that were going to be implemented to enhance the value of these waters. Emery County Progress