Crow River Dam

[carverfshrmn]

It is really shaping up now, anybody else have any thoughts?

[morgan7c]

Any recent pics of the progress? I'm formerly from Winthrop and I was through town about 3 months ago and wondered what the crap was happening there. I thought they were doing a river clean up of sorts but I now know that they're replacing the dam, crazy stuff! I used to fish Crappies under the highway 7 bridge coming out of Campbells lake. Is the lake damed up to the north or the south of the highway? Thanks!

[bassNspear]

ya, im interested and seeing what its like now. I have not been by there in awhile.

[LMITOUT]

I believe it's essential complete now. There may be some slight touch-up next year, but it's done. Lots of rock! I wonder how long it'll take before there are people walking out there trying to fish off the slippery, moss covered rocks? Looks like trouble next spring.

They also added a row of boulders across the river downstream of the dam for another breakwater area.

Yes, they dammed the north side of Campbell on highway 7 and the south side on South Grade Road until construction was complete. Not sure if those temporary dams have been removed yet though.

[Nymph]

I wouldn’t imagine they would remove the temporary dams till spring…waiting for runoff to fill the river back up to the level of the two lakes.

The new dam looks nice though.

[LMITOUT]

Just found a neat video compiled of still photos on the Hutchinson Leader website showing the construction of the dam. Click on "Video Clips" in the side menu and then "Creating a New Hutchinson Landmark". Those of you who haven't seen the new rock dam can see how the construction progressed up until the final product which was finished last week.

[Ryan Berger]

here is a little video of the river on the 16th of november,, no dam but some fun in the mud twards the end of the video

[LMITOUT]

OK I have a question. The water behind the new rock dam is now approaching the top of the boulders, yet the rest of the lake is mostly mud. I'm having a tough time figuring out how the lake is going to fill up when the water is already flowing through the rocks and down the river? I don't think they built-up the rocks high enough from the way it looks to regain the level of the lake to what it previously was. Someone is going to have to get out there with some Great Stuff or silicone and seal up the cracks between the rocks! I'm guessing that over time sediment will help plug the holes, but it still doesn't appear high enough to hold back enough water to fill the lake.

[B@ssDoctor]

That is the same question I have. I actually went down there on Monday night and was surprised at the amount of rocks and how wide the gaps were. It looks cool and would work IF they had built the front of the ladder higher. I think they should have put a cement foundation in first, then the boulders on top. Then as soon as the water was high enough in the main lake, it would flow. Maybe they did or maybe they are going to do that but right now it seems senseless that fish would wan to migrate upstream to swim in the mud. I guess the carp would be happy doing that..

[LMITOUT]

From what I've heard since posting my question/observation, they plan on letting the silt plug the cracks over time which will stop the water from flowing between the rocks. They are also going to monitor the flow and determine if some of the boulders need to be relocated and their positions adjusted somewhat. It doesn't appear that there will be a big flow this year unless we really start getting some heavy rains soon. This last snow may help a little.

[rattleL]

In my opinion they should have never touched her everytime i see it or think of it it makes me mad, but whatever i got plenty of other spots on the crow