Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 10:37:37 +0100, D wrote:
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Surely looks like good fishing on the web site! =) But maybe it is
fishing only, and not eating them?
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Regardless positive that they decided to make a state park out of it!

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https://vp-mi.com/news/2020/dec/23/advisory-issued-avoid-eating-fish-
section-clark-fo/
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It's complex. The park is at the confluence of the Blackfoot and Clark
Fork. The Bitterroot confluence is about 5 miles downstream. Previously
the guidance downstream of Missoula was to not eat pike and limit
consumption of other species. The shutdown paper mill has settling ponds
adjacent to the river and they're a new concern.
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Before the dam was removed there was an annual pickerel derby but even
then the prevailing wisdom was to not eat the fish. Before the dam was
removed the area was poisoned since they didn't want pickerel downstream.
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For context, the Blackfoot was the setting for the film 'A River Runs
Through It', sort of. Like many movies the real Blackfoot isn't very
accessible and it was filmed elsewhere and the trout were radio
controlled. There are other geographic impossibilities but the movie was
well received. Luckily the Blackfoot never had any mining or industry to
pollute it.
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