Spring is here and for anglers that means a new season for fishing! With the ice melting Utah Division of Wildlife Resources announced on Wednesday that Old Fort Ponds is officially open for the season. This news gets even better as DWR Conservation Outreach Manager Tonya Kieffer-Selby announced that the fish survived the winter so it will be a great start to the season! Old Fort Ponds is Vernal’s first community fishing area that opened in 2019. It is located in Maeser where the Old Fort Thornburgh used to sit. The site is 14 acres with 6 acres of fish filled ponds. The facility is fenced and it opens at sunrise and closes at sunset. If the gates are open then the ponds are open. If the gates are closed then the facility is closed.
