Lake question

[Flukinit]

Ok I dont know the name of it but there used to be a big pond or lake on the south side of Sunrise Highway going east right past the old Grumman building right before Oakdake and the Montauk Hwy exit. Passing by past several months it is dry with only a small stream passing in it. Anyone know what happened to it? Thanks

 

[pequa1]

It is (or was) called West Brook Pond and is seemingly fed by the pond on the opposite side of Sunrise, presumably by a stream running underneath maybe from Connetquot ? I drive past that area to go hunting but it being dark, never saw it. Obviously, Connetquot just a half mile east is still there. Deer Lake north of the S State in Islip (?) dried up some years back too.
Is West Brook Pond truly dry or just infested with invasive weeds that people dump from unwanted fish aquariums etc.?
Ah Ha !
All we needed was the name !

Popular Suffolk fishing pond found unexpectedly drained

State Parks officials say a dam on West Brook Pond broke June 11 and flooded nearby Montauk Highway.

longisland.news12.com

 

[Louis D]

The fisherman had a couple of articles on it . A dam broke. They were going to fix it but the environment whackos got involved saying let it go back to nature so now there fighting over it

 

[longcast]

The fisherman had a couple of articles on it . A dam broke. They were going to fix it but the environment whackos got involved saying let it go back to nature so now there fighting over it

Nah, just living in New York. Nothing, and I mean nothing, can get done. Please make sure you are up to date on your taxes! You know they are well spent!

 

[cany]

I noticed it too was weird it use too be a full looking pond

 

[Chevy1]

I noticed it too was weird it use too be a full looking pond

Very very shallow pond, not much fish in it before the damn break.

 

[cany]

Very very shallow pond, not much fish in it before the damn break.

But it was always full looking

 

[Chevy1]

But it was always full looking

Yes just shallow ??

 

[cany]

It is (or was) called West Brook Pond and is seemingly fed by the pond on the opposite side of Sunrise, presumably by a stream running underneath maybe from Connetquot ? I drive past that area to go hunting but it being dark, never saw it. Obviously, Connetquot just a half mile east is still there. Deer Lake north of the S State in Islip (?) dried up some years back too.
Is West Brook Pond truly dry or just infested with invasive weeds that people dump from unwanted fish aquariums etc.?
Ah Ha !
All we needed was the name !

Popular Suffolk fishing pond found unexpectedly drained

State Parks officials say a dam on West Brook Pond broke June 11 and flooded nearby Montauk Highway.

longisland.news12.com

Wow I didnt know Deer lake dried up I grew up there many good times on that frozen lake

 

[cany]

Yes just shallow ??

It is now lol

 

[Chevy1]

Wow I didnt know Deer lake dried up I grew up there many good times on that frozen lake

I heard they drained it to clean it out, apparently that hasn’t happened yet ?

 

[cany]

I heard they drained it to clean it out, apparently that hasn’t happened yet ?

From what I just read Nature drained it