Area fishermen enjoy day at Meander reservoir

MINERAL RIDGE

People lined Meander Reservoir off Salt Springs Road for a chance to do something they’ve never done before: fish in the reservoir.

Brenda Wallace traveled from Cleveland for the free event held Saturday.

“As a matter of fact, I took the day off to come,” she said.

She caught a bluegill and her brother, James Wallace of Youngstown, caught a catfish.

They enjoy trying new fishing spots, Brenda said.

“It beats cutting the grass,” James said. “It’s a good relaxing sport.”

Both would like to see the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District open the reservoir for fishing again.

“I love it,” Brenda said. “They need to do it more often.”

Her brother agreed. “This hasn’t been fished for a while,” he said.

The last, and first, time the MVSD opened the area to fishing was in 2007, for its 75th anniversary.

“Our board of directors thought it was a good time to give back to the public again and invite them out to see us,” said Brenda Duffett, coordinator of this year’s event. “We’re doing this for appreciation of the public, to let them come in and see who we are and what we do here.”

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