Dam being built for swimming hole

Fellas, I hear what you're saying, but I am not buying it. Why am I not buying it? Well, right down the road from my parents' farm, the WW Jam grounds, is a pretty good wild trout stream. It used to be really good, but somethings have changed up in the forest, and now it's not really worth fishing, but....

In the park, which we can call Les's Playground, the stream section has been ruined by dams being built purposefully to host a stocked trout experience for kids once a year in May. You can still find brookies down that far, but they are few and far between. Why? I am guessing because the stream bottoms have been pilfered for all rocks, and they are basically stacked into dams all year long. I've never once seen raging high water redeposit rocks onto that now muddy-ish bottom, and the habitat in this stretch sucks due to the rocks being moved all around.
 
I am fairly certain I know the stream and swimming hole you mentioned. It has been going on for decades. Not to worry, the fish will be fine. Now that summer is over the next heavy rain in that area will reshape it again anyway. The F&BC does patrol the area and they are aware of the ongoing activity there. I recall a hurricane several years ago that really changed that section.
 
Fellas, I hear what you're saying, but I am not buying it. Why am I not buying it? Well, right down the road from my parents' farm, the WW Jam grounds, is a pretty good wild trout stream. It used to be really good, but somethings have changed up in the forest, and now it's not really worth fishing, but....

In the park, which we can call Les's Playground, the stream section has been ruined by dams being built purposefully to host a stocked trout experience for kids once a year in May. You can still find brookies down that far, but they are few and far between. Why? I am guessing because the stream bottoms have been pilfered for all rocks, and they are basically stacked into dams all year long. I've never once seen raging high water redeposit rocks onto that now muddy-ish bottom, and the habitat in this stretch sucks due to the rocks being moved all around.
Seems im gonna have to do some renovations. The hole that it has produced is definitely devoid of most rocks on the streambead, and has much more silt than other spots on the stream.
 
I am fairly certain I know the stream and swimming hole you mentioned. It has been going on for decades. Not to worry, the fish will be fine. Now that summer is over the next heavy rain in that area will reshape it again anyway. The F&BC does patrol the area and they are aware of the ongoing activity there. I recall a hurricane several years ago that really changed that section.
This is good to know. Knowing they are already aware gives me some peace of mind at least.
 
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