Columbia Lake Dam removal project ...

[buzzbaiter]

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/f...am_project.pdf

Glad to hear they will try to do some sort of fish salvage. Where those fish end up being moved to would be interesting to know as well. Got to be careful moving fish around lest some sort of disease gets moved as well.

Looking forward to seeing a free flowing 'Kill emptying into the Delaware. Next up is the Paulina Dam north of Blairstown. That would leave only the Paulinskill Lake dam as the only dam on the river. Residents there need not worry as its staying put - for now.

River is a already a good smallmouth bass, rock bass and redbreast sunfish river. Those 3 species dominate along with some fallfish, madtoms, suckers and various other species which wash out of the numerous ponds and lakes(Swartswood) located on the tribs to the river. Not sure if more trout will holdover with the 2 dams gone but one would think stream temps should be cooler come summertime. Should see shad return and increase each year. Curious to see how far upstream they go. Their young will be more food for the smallmouth which means the smallmouth fishery should be outstanding in the coming years. Kudos to all involved for having forward thinking and removing an obsolete structure and restoring to river to its natural state