Spruce Run !

[DanH]

Haven't fished this body of water in a while and was shocked to see it at this level.
https://youtu.be/0tqukM_iitA

[kanigie]

It's really bad, borderline dangerous.

[Mark B.]

I go birdwatching at Spruce Run a couple of times a week. Lately, I've been walking that wide, dry shoreline. I found: an I Phone 12 half buried in the mud at the boat rental. Turned it in to the Parks Office. A flat plastic tackle box filled with rubber (compromised from being underwater) and metal lures. I left it by the boat launch for anglers to pick through. An anchor, too heavy for me to
carry, I perched it on top of a prominent rock. A fellow birder I know, took cool photos of a Peregrine Falcon snatching a sandpiper off of a mudflat and an Osprey struggling to get airborne with a Channel Cat as big as he!

RVR and Spruce Run Reservoirs were built in response to "the drought of record" in the 1960's. Their main purpose is water supply. The fish inhabiting them are just a bonus.

[Mark B.]

Peregrine and Osprey photos:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S117968130


https://ebird.org/checklist/S117915135

[DanH]

Great pictures Mark !

If anyone decides to walk the shoreline be very careful , I sunk to almost my waist in the mud . This was back where Mulhocky Creek flows in .

[crewchief2]

I go birdwatching at Spruce Run a couple of times a week. Lately, I've been walking that wide, dry shoreline. I found: an I Phone 12 half buried in the mud at the boat rental. Turned it in to the Parks Office. A flat plastic tackle box filled with rubber (compromised from being underwater) and metal lures. I left it by the boat launch for anglers to pick through. An anchor, too heavy for me to
carry, I perched it on top of a prominent rock. A fellow birder I know, took cool photos of a Peregrine Falcon snatching a sandpiper off of a mudflat and an Osprey struggling to get airborne with a Channel Cat as big as he!

RVR and Spruce Run Reservoirs were built in response to "the drought of record" in the 1960's. Their main purpose is water supply. The fish inhabiting them are just a bonus.

About a month or so ago, was running the gas out of my 6hp, and lost the prop about 30 feet out from the dock, didnt happen to find that, did you????

[AndyS]

The schematic :

[Mark B.]

About a month or so ago, was running the gas out of my 6hp, and lost the prop about 30 feet out from the dock, didnt happen to find that, did you????

No, but I'll look next time. Found, and destroyed, an illegal set trotline tied off to a stump. No bait, or fish, on the multiple hooks.

[thmyorke1]

The schematic :

https://www.njwsa.org/uploads/1/0/8/0/108064771/raritan_basin_riverware_model.pdf

full pdf and full image btw, includes a bunch of the demands below

https://i.postimg.cc/d0F0yXqc/image.png

[DanH]

Some VERY interesting information guys , thanks !

[Mikey topaz]

Crazy low round valley isn’t any better. I did get word the south dam is finished. Let’s hope these reservoirs get some much needed water soon.

[FASTEDDIE29]

I said it before I’ll say it again. I like fishing bodies of water at full pool. The levels this year are sadly low. It’ll take quite a few storms to get us where we need to be at SR. As for RV, you’ll never see that place at full pool again. Might as well redesign and rebuild the boat ramps and perhaps put in and elevator for the older folks. It’s terrible.

[Mark B.]

Yesterday, NJ Metro Trails hiked around the entire lowered perimeter:

https://www.facebook.com/metrotrails/photos/5587392514630574

[Billfish715]

It’s low now, but it was worse a few years back.