Pollution Threatens New Jersey's Lake Hopatcong

[Rich196]

WTF?????

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as...508822682.html

[icebadger]

first the oil spill and know this may god protect the cong. the crappies and perch will be affected by this the eggs will probably suffocate from this and the food chain will take a hit as well.

[Jigman13]

With a story like this itll get the attn it needs. Especially if f&g read this site. I'm sure mark b and his folks as well as Andy S and his circle can get stuff like this in front of the right eyes and ears.

[AndyS]

Sewer line broke the other day and was filling up the Manasquan river.
So usually when this happens instead of stocking 9000 trout they will probably go to stocking 10,000 trout.

[Mikey topaz]

Passing couple times I been out last few weeks I did notice water was
Murky just didn’t look right....

[AndyS]

Should be better to get the NJDEP involved.

[FASTEDDIE29]

If it’s not one thing it’s another. Damn Quarry’s are causing some issues all over the place. This sucks!!!

Myself and my old old company built 4 dormers on Mr. Weldon’s mansion in Westfield a bunch of years ago. I know exactly where he lives if he doesn’t step to the plate and take action. Pretty much 1 minute from my house. Yep!!!

Cutting, grinding and or polishing granite can have serious health impacts. Granite contains a mineral known as crystalline silica which when cut and if inhaled causes serious health risks, primarily scarring in the lungs that leads to lung cancer along with other adverse side effects. To help prevent the crystalline from becoming airborne, water filtration is used to mitigate the risk. Apparently that water is what's being discharged into Lake Hopatcong as the Weldon quarry located near Woodport is a granite site. Unconscionable in this day and age with environmental awareness that would be allowed especially in New Jersey's largest lake community but I'm sure like everything else money and politics are involved.

Was walleye fishing on the big lake last night and came across a gentleman who has lived on the lake for 50 years. Told me he's seen hundreds of dead sunnies, bluegills and golden shiners recently, first time he's ever seen that number of dead fish in a concentrated area. I saw a half dozen myself throughout the night and as mentioned water was more murky than normal. Don't know it that was a result of the rain we had yesterday but have to wonder if it has anything to do with this quarry disposing of essentially toxic waters into the lake.

Called DEP but I'd hope they're already aware of the issue, waiting to hear back. Asked the gentlemen I spoke to last night to do the same so hopefully he does since he has the information where the fish kill was observed. If this has a negative impact on the herring population or egg production in the lake, the impacts will be significant.

[Hookmanski]

This seems to be very similar to what happened on the SRC a few years back.

https://www.newjerseyhills.com/hunte...39a62c388.html

http://www.njfishing.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98451

In the SRC instance, the quarry was permitted to dump small amounts of sediment into the creek, but the pump was "left on" causing a mass amount of sediment to be released. I called every authority/association/news outlet i could to alert them about this. The quarry has since paid for and completed all the clean up and the town of Glen Gardner was awarded a large grant to help protect and improve the creek.

This is a horrible thing to have happen to a body of water you love, speaking from experience there. The quarry should be held accountable, and if i were a homeowner there i would be calling management every day to see what they are doing to fix the problem.

[Capt. Lou]

When I fished that lake regularly when I was younger the water was clean enough to see bottom at 20’ !
I went back several years ago chasing walleyes with my neighbor , I couldn’t believe the water was dark visibility couple feet at best ! Weed infested as well !
man has that lake changed !
It deserves a clean up but never be the same way too much development allowed !