2015 3rd Annual Hybrid Meet&Greet.......

[ScowardNJ]

I'm hoping to be out there mugging all your hot spots!!!!

[Duck or Bleed]

I will there Going to fish with Mikey Topaz in his boat looking forward to it should be well enough for this

[GetANet]

Great it will be excellent to see both of ya's Haven't seen either of you since last ice!!!!

[waynedane]

Just got back from LH, the gatekeeper told us they are closing on the 31st of October. Also told me they are lowering the lake an inch a day and by the 31st it'll be very shallow, I don't know how reliable this info is, but I'm sure someone can look a little deeper into this before our M&G. Hopefully this guy is full of sht.

[Andrushkin33]

Was at LH yesterday and can confirm that lake is shallower than it was back in June.

Don't know how much shallower it will get come October.

Oh and yeah I got skunked.

Andre

[UglyStick]

Full pool for Hopatcong (i.e. the crest of the dam) is 9 feet, which it never attained this year. As of today, the lake is at 7.6 feet so it is about 1.5' 'low" and on a downward trend as can be seen here:

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv...ate=2015-09-28

The current lake Hopatcong water level management plan was drafted in 2011 and is still in effect:

http://www.lakehopatcongfoundation.o...march-2011.pdf

Since 2015 is a 26" draw down, the lake will be brought to 6.83 feet so there is only about 9" to go.

The official method by which this is done is as follows:


If the water level in the lake is at 9 feet beginning on November 12 the gates shall be opened to reduce the water level in the lake by .79 inch per day (88 CFS= 2.44 feet on the gauge).

The start date for the draw down shall be adjusted according to the water level in the lake, such that if the lake is above 9 feet the draw down will begin one day earlier for each inch above 9 feet and if the lake is below 9 feet the start of the draw down will be delayed by one day for each inch below 9 feet. The rate of draw down shall be adjusted to account for rainfall throughout the draw down period.

The rate of release shall be adjusted to reach a water elevation in the lake of 6.83 feet by December 15th.

[Walleyed]

For the Inaugural Hybrid M&G, a couple of the guys volunteered to put on there waders (Thanks GetANet) to help launch and load the boats, due to the low water...I'm guessing we can do the same this year. Last year most of us got blown off the lake.

[Walleyed]

Originally Posted by waynedane

Just got back from LH, the gatekeeper told us they are closing on the 31st of October. Also told me they are lowering the lake an inch a day and by the 31st it'll be very shallow, I don't know how reliable this info is, but I'm sure someone can look a little deeper into this before our M&G. Hopefully this guy is full of sht.

Was this at the State Park or at Lee's?

[Chrisper4694]

had to be lee's because the state park doesn't close, in fact we were told the boat ramp becomes free after a certain day in november (i forget the day). less water means less hiding places for the fish, bring it!

[waynedane]

Lee's...