Dam Removal

[Lard Almighty]

Originally Posted by maddhatterr

Man is the worst thing that ever happened to mother nature and its balance................

No argument from this environmental consultant...

[AndyS]

I think it is mostly about restoring river herring and shad. if you get a natural forage base going again, all the pieces will fall back into place. The Delaware river has not one dam on it, fishing is good there.

[FASTEDDIE29]

The migration of certain species is AWESOME. My two cents is this once the dams are down, a few big rains come, a few hurricanes arrive. That river will get flattened out like a pancake. DONE!!!

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

The migration of certain species is AWESOME. My two cents is this once the dams are down, a few big rains come, a few hurricanes arrive. That river will get flattened out like a pancake. DONE!!!

Then why do rivers like the big D have big holes as well as it share of flats.........no dams there unless you count the wing dams? and the fishing is good ther as well.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Yes there are a lot of holes on the Big D, Ive floated the entire river as an eagle scout. Floated from Poxono island to the gap 2 weeks ago, thats about 7 miles, 5 miles of that stretch was flat. Rivers change every year thats why I love fish in em. We'll just have to wait and see what happens to the RR.

[AndyS]

I wouldn't worry about it too much, there are 1700 dams in New Jersey alone, so far they have been able to take down 7.

When river herring go on the Endangered Species List, the dams may come down a little faster.

Just run off a list of the fish that run up and down the rivers and give it all little more thought, thanx.