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[BIG BASS]

Looking for info on the Courtois. Wanting to do a 2 day 1 nighter in the next couple weeks. Do you recommend a certain section? Wanting to hit the bass hard. Also, I am familiar with the gauges on several rivers. Not this one. What’s an idea on flow and height to the point it gets dangerous or too low?

[Al Agnew]

6 hours ago, BIG BASS said:

Looking for info on the Courtois. Wanting to do a 2 day 1 nighter in the next couple weeks. Do you recommend a certain section? Wanting to hit the bass hard. Also, I am familiar with the gauges on several rivers. Not this one. What’s an idea on flow and height to the point it gets dangerous or too low?

No gauge on the Courtois.  The gauge on the Huzzah is usually pretty close, since the two streams are side by side and about the same size.  Whatever the Huzzah is flowing at the gauge is what Courtois is flowing on the lower section, more or less.  The Courtois is usually floatable from about Highway 8 down, and depending upon how much water you want to cover, you could go from there to Bass River Resort, or from there to Scotia Bridge where the two streams come together.  It's about 9 miles from Hwy. 8 to Bass, a bit under 15 miles from Hwy. 8 to Scotia Bridge.  Pretty much, if the Huzzah gauge is over 100 cfs you shouldn't have many problems floating in loaded boats, and if it's much over 300 cfs you're gonna be really honking down the creek, just about too fast to fish and tricky to float.  It should be easily floatable this time of year barring heavy rain, and if we do get a heavy rain and a big rise, these streams go down fast are are usually floatable in 3 or 4 days at most.

[BIG BASS]

21 minutes ago, Al Agnew said:

No gauge on the Courtois.  The gauge on the Huzzah is usually pretty close, since the two streams are side by side and about the same size.  Whatever the Huzzah is flowing at the gauge is what Courtois is flowing on the lower section, more or less.  The Courtois is usually floatable from about Highway 8 down, and depending upon how much water you want to cover, you could go from there to Bass River Resort, or from there to Scotia Bridge where the two streams come together.  It's about 9 miles from Hwy. 8 to Bass, a bit under 15 miles from Hwy. 8 to Scotia Bridge.  Pretty much, if the Huzzah gauge is over 100 cfs you shouldn't have many problems floating in loaded boats, and if it's much over 300 cfs you're gonna be really honking down the creek, just about too fast to fish and tricky to float.  It should be easily floatable this time of year barring heavy rain, and if we do get a heavy rain and a big rise, these streams go down fast are are usually floatable in 3 or 4 days at most.

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