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[yaknar]

I got on the river Friday. Had a few showers throughout the day but nothing wrong with fishing in the rain. It took about 30 min before my first fish and it was a gar. It made it back to the kayak but got off. The only lure I could get them to hit was crankbaits. I did catch a fish on a new lure and lost it on the next cast With all of the rain we been getting, I use to have to drive to the river and check the flow and level to make sure it was floatable. But for the last several years, I have been recording the flow and level from the USGS website when ever I go. So Friday before I left I check the site and was good to go. It was another great day on the river, caught a lot of fish, posted a few, and released them all...

[Kelroy]

Great idea to record both the gage height and the flow, as the GHt/Q equation changes over time as the channel changes. For example, the channel at the Galena gage (on the Y bridge) is a wide, shallow, gravel bottom which changes with each flood. A gage height of, say, 4.00 ft this year will have a slightly different discharge than the same gage height did a couple of years ago. The gage near Boaz, however, is located on a stretch of bedrock, so it's rating is far more stable. The actual discharge tells more about floating conditions than gage height alone.

[RSBreth]

I've caught some nice ones right beside that old bridge piling over the years.