Quote Originally Posted by Mike Ormsby View Post
I believe that beaver baffles can be a solution -- years ago TU and Credit Valley Conservation Authority built one on a branch of the Credit in response to concerns over beaver dam and the effects on the resident brook trout, specifically the change in water temperature.
Hey Mike,
Baffles work to control water level, but they are barriers to fish movement.

(A good thing on the Credit... prevent the upstream movement of rainbows and browns into the brookie beaver dam habitats.) There are some baffles that are supposed to pass fish, but not sure if they actually work (no attraction flows, not sure of fish swim velocities).

I worked on the Credit (and other Rivers in S. Ontario) for a couple of years... was amazed with the fish in your neck of the woods... We had piles of brookies living in "agricultural drains" that were considered ditches by most. Its amazing what those upwellings will support on the landscape!
Very cool helping stock Atlantic salmon a few years back too!!

If you want to check out some great brookie streams, head out with the Hamilton Area Fly Fishers and Tyers... they've done some good work on brookie streams.