River Conditions

[Brian Sloss]

The river is currently running at 1400 cfs which is within the reasonable range for floating, though I don't think newbies would be comfortable. That said, conditions are still not quite right for fishing as the volume of water is still high. Given no rain this week, I think it should be better by the weekend. The white ribbon area has yet to be stocked that I know of this spring, but there should be places here and there to catch a few trout. The blue ribbon area has not fished great for a few floaters that I have had in the last week or two, but the fish that have been caught are nice fish. I was having reasonable success wade fishing below graveyard before the floaters went down. Lots of weight is needed in these conditions. Thomasville to Cane Bluff was reported as pretty clear of obstruction by floaters ten days ago, but no report if the smallies have gotten active yet there. Cane Bluff to Greer have a few tree obstructions (maybe 6 or 7), but only one of them sneaks up on you if you are not paying attention. The one that sneaks up on you can get a little hairy, but experienced people using a little discretion should be able to handle it. No report on smallie activity there yet either. A big tree across the river just upstream of the 19 bridge has prevented me from testing the waters below Greer spring lately. Clarity is still a little murky, about 4 ft of visibility, but clearing a little every day.

[Boz1]

We had a group on the river this past Friday and Saturday and the river was high and quick but we found it easy to navigate, nothing to run into, you just float over everything. Fishing was tough in blue ribbon area no bites, we did manage to catch a few fish from Turner to Whitten and they were all in the 13 to 17 inch range. We fished pretty hard and it sucked, but we enjoyed the river the weather was great just being down there away from my every day life was good enough for me.

Brian thanks again for the truck shuttles!

[Mark]

Yes Eric, It's hard to plan spring trips very far ahead of time when you don't know what the weather or river levels will be like, and when you don't know when the boss will suddenly change your vacation days!! HA

[Boz1]

Good one