Update

I talked with Pete Alexander who is the fisheries guy for EBPARKS. He told me that the no-fishing regs have not gone in to effect yet. They will go in to effect March 1, 2010. So, you CAN go fish the back ponds right now if you want. He said he contacted the people at Shadow Cliffs and asked them to take down the sign posted on the photo board.

I am continuing to work on this issue and working on getting in touch with the DFG biologists who are involved. The ideal way to get it so that fishing is allowed in the back ponds again is to have DFG biologists on your side, then go to the DFG commission and follow the formal process for regulation changes. Whether or not the DFG folks involved will support that notion remains to be seen.