I want to create a habitat for brook trout in North Georgia. I own property that has a falling creek that is about 12 feet wide.
The creek is very shallow but I've already built one dam of concrete and rock that is about 20 inches high and that dam has created one pool that is 62 feet long.
The most difficult part of building the dam was controlling the flow of water when I wanted to close the dam and raise the water level.
I solved the problem by building a dam with a culvert through it. When I was ready to close the dam, I plugged the culvert and from the downstream side of the dam, I filled the culvert with concrete.
Is there an easier way to do this?
I want to make several more dams and home to have about 1000 feet of the creek converted to trout habitat.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
