Finally Can Go Boating

[wajajaja02]

LK HOPATCONG FINALLY HAS ENOUGH WATER. they have finally allowed it to refill after the draw down in the fall.

 

[david_r]

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sounds like yall need some rain.................we need some sunshine.

we havent had 2 dry days in a row since the middle of april.

glad to see you finally get to go boating though!!!

im fighting with swollen creeks and rivers........i still go though...striper and sandbass are on the run..crappie still a lil slow.................its also been cooler than normal. today it only got up to 66 so far ...yesterday it was close to ,if not, 90.

 

[kenmyfam]

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Glad you can now get out there. Same issue for us around here. Conestoga Lake loses around 4 to 5 ft of water the week before Labor day. Really Sucks.

 

[Mark42]

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Every few years Hopatcong opens the damn and lets the water down. I think its so water front residents can do retaining wall and dock repairs. Its a lake full of huge bolders that are normally not an issue, but lower the water level 5 or 6 feet and boating is dangerous.

 

[Huron Angler]

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Glad to hear it! Have some fun this summer.

Lake Huron's level is up significantly this spring as well. In fact our three 50' sections of dock and my firepit have all been threatened by the rising water.

It is good to see the pendulum swing back the other direction, the levels have been down for the last 15-20 years pretty steadily.

 

[Bob_VT]

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Every few years Hopatcong opens the damn and lets the water down. I think its so water front residents can do retaining wall and dock repairs. Its a lake full of huge bolders that are normally not an issue, but lower the water level 5 or 6 feet and boating is dangerous.

Is that where the water that used to flood Wayne came from? I got to see some spectacular floods there in 82-83

 

[wajajaja02]

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No, the Wayne floods are from the passaic watershed , probably due to the paving over of north jersey and poor or restricted down stream drainage rivers.

 

[bowman316]

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I need it to warm up around here.

It has not been over 75 in weeks here. It will get down to 35 tonight!

The 15 day has a few days in the low 80's but really more of the same.

When will the real summer weather take over?
I hate how summer seems to never get here. Seems like we have to wait till late june till we get any real warm weather around here.