canistear

[NJSquatch]

Anyone know why they are lowering canistear?

[oelgnal1]

It's not unusual for this time of year especially because the lack of rain and no Oak Ridge. I was on Clinton about a month ago and it was way down. Here is a pic from Canistear some years ago, September, we had to hand launch. If people start getting to get stuck trying to launch, they have closed the gate.

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[Godrew1972]

Now they are taking water from clinton for the fires.

[NJSquatch]

The only reason I bought the pass was to fall fish canistear:mad:

Current satellite of canistear and Clinton

[oelgnal1]

Just to add to my earlier comment on your post, rainfall, drawdown and lazy people may cause the limiting of boat access from my observations. For example, Clinton was close to full pool at the end of last season while OR was lowered for repairs. I've also seen Oak Ridge gate locked for launches this time of year because lazy people parked on the lakebed in lieu of proper parking in the lot or road and when people break the law it must be easier to lock the gate than let it happen. In fact, last time at Clinton there was a boat and trailer on the lakebed and I was taking a pic for the office when the boat came in and I explained the ramifications of total closure of the ramp to him, and I didn't notify the office. Because of those situations the Fall has a chance of being a problem. Came up with this pic from 11/15/23 of Clinton launch almost full pool.

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[NJSquatch]

A buddy knows a watershed employee and said that they filling up OR a bit but will close the gates at canistear in a week or 2

[oelgnal1]

Thanks for the update and as I suggested, this sometimes happens, too bad.

[oelgnal1]

FYI update on NWS. Canistear was closed today because of the water level being too low. Clinton is still closed because the launch is being used as the Buckabear Wildfire command post. The only one open now is Echo.

[NJSquatch]

sigh....i want a refund

[Godrew1972]

Clinton is still closed for the fires? Aren’t the fires done. This sucks.

[RWole]

Watersheds are poorly managed

[oelgnal1]

It's usually lack of money. When the money source comes from an hour away and at a distance of about 38 miles and it doesn't vote, you can imagine who gets first shot at the money. Just look at Clinton's parking, they started to clear an area for additional parking, and it's now overgrown. What happened to the porta-john? Out of sight, out of mind can lead to municipal negligence.

[Drossi]

Newark elected officials can't even manage their own neighborhoods and city, wtf makes anyone think they can manage recreation in a watershed. Truthfully that they allow access at all is a win, they are NOT the easiest political entity to deal with.

[RWole]

With 3 reservoirs closed now would be the perfect time to bring in heavy equipment, clear land and expand the parking lots.

Fishermen /boaters will not be in the way and vice versa.

That would be common sense.

[AndyS]

Watersheds are poorly managed

You said it !!!

[oelgnal1]

With 3 reservoirs closed now would be the perfect time to bring in heavy equipment, clear land and expand the parking lots.

Fishermen /boaters will not be in the way and vice versa.

That would be common sense.

Common sense isn't the problem, it takes money and if monies aren't allocated for your projects nothing is going to happen. I understand that the State in its repairing the Oak Ridge leak, let all the water run out, thus the fish and the DEP was asked if they could move the fish to the other reservoirs, that didn't happen!

[RWole]

Where does all the money from permits go ?

[AndyS]

Why my license $$$$ goes to stock fish in there is beyond me.

[oelgnal1]

Where does all the money from permits go ?

They're run and operated by the City of Newark, about 40 miles away, out of sight out of mind as I mentioned before and as long as clean water comes out of the tap, probably not much thought is given to the place. They did do a multi-million-dollar update, see below. But no money for the sheds!


September 17, 2025 – Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark Water & Sewer Utility Director Kareem Adeem, NJDEP Deputy Commissioner Katrina Angarone, and NJ Infrastructure Bank Executive Director David Zimmer cut the ribbon on Wednesday to celebrate the completion of the $20.5 million upgrade of the City of Newark’s Pequannock Water Treatment Plant (PWTP).

The plant, which provides clean drinking water to almost 400,000 residents in Newark and parts of surrounding cities and towns, now has the capacity to treat 60 million gallons of water per day after undergoing its largest upgrade since first built in 1989.

[oelgnal1]

Why my license $$$$ goes to stock fish in there is beyond me.

That may be but doesn't more money get dumped into Greenwood Lake and putting big trout into Green Turtle Pond may be a questionable call, etc.