Esopus watershed 2021

[patrick62]

Jumping the gun a bit but here's a photo (lifted off Facebook) from the Woodland Valley bridge looking downstream. I hope the proposed change in regulations to year-round goes through. This is eminently fishable.

 

[okaloosa]

last time I saw that view was 42 years ago but if memory serves me right that looks pretty low......

 

[patrick62]

last time I saw that view was 42 years ago but if memory serves me right that looks pretty low......

277 cfs right now. You're right, that's low. But better than the 40,000 cfs (not a typo) in late December after it a) snowed a lot and b) suddenly warmed up a lot.

 

[lookard]

I'm also looking forward to the change in regulations for NY streams.

 

[RockNRiffle57]

I saw they may change the regulations as well. Is it going to possibly take effect in 2024? Or did I misread that?

 

[patrick62]

April of this year -- if they decide to go this route. As far as I know nothing has been decided.

 

[Farmingdales Finest]

Never fished there but read about the espous and how good the fishing was there. Hopefully this year I will get there.


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[RockNRiffle57]

April of this year -- if they decide to go this route. As far as I know nothing has been decided.

Well I'm glad I did misread that. It would be swell if they made the change this year.

 

[patrick62]

So you thought 2020 was bad...

There's a proposal to build an underground power generation facility on Ashokan Reservoir property. And another reservoir to power the thing.

https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/local-news/underground-power-station-proposed-on-ashokan-reservoir-property/article_5c328780-72f0-11eb-a379-8bdd4a547ba5.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=user-share&fbclid=IwAR0KkYrbZoPzLO3lptKMk6JBksTS-tKtV6HR_d-cZgmutH2bszNB5yBsDE0

I bet the city will have something to say about this, for starters.

It sounds insane to me.