Fishing with Gotmuddy

[liphunter]

Beautiful country and great pics!!!👍

[2sheds]

Is that the Riverton access where you launched ?

I've caught pike as far down as the Narrows, but not any trout that far downstream.  But again, I'm never on the river this far into the cold weather.  You both are troopers !

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

1 hour ago, 2sheds said:

Is that the Riverton access where you launched ?

I've caught pike as far down as the Narrows, but not any trout that far downstream.  But again, I'm never on the river this far into the cold weather.  You both are troopers !

The picture at the bridge was at Riverton.   We launched at the narrows and at Greer. My pickerel was caught at Riverton, the rest were at greer, and the narrows.  

[snap]

You mentioned you thought the river was low?? I Thought there was 700+ cfs about the time you were there. Thinking that it a lot of water, especially this time of the year. Just wondering what  cfs you prefer??? That imo is about perfect to wade and easy to boat .... 1200 or more difficult to wade and drift is too fast! Could just be me though!! 😁

[gotmuddy]

10 minutes ago, snap said:

You mentioned you thought the river was low?? I Thought there was 700+ cfs about the time you were there. Thinking that it a lot of water, especially this time of the year. Just wondering what  cfs you prefer??? That imo is about perfect to wade and easy to boat .... 1200 or more difficult to wade and drift is too fast! Could just be me though!! 😁

My issue was the water was too clear.  Made fishing rough.

[gotmuddy]

that day the flow was below the average for that day.

[Al Agnew]

8 hours ago, gotmuddy said:

that day the flow was below the average for that day.

Nope.  Don't look at the mean, look at the median.  Mean is the average of all flows, and high flows skew that average upwards. So a flood flow (7600 cfs is the maximum flow for that day) is FAR above the normal flow, while a low flow (192 cfs is the minimum for the day) is not a huge difference from normal.  Median is the flow for which half the years on that day it's below that figure and half it's above it.  It's the median flow that is a good approximation of normal.  The little triangles on the graph denote the median, so it's a quick way of telling how close the river is to normal.  Mean flow is about the most useless figure on the gage site for a floater or angler.

[snap]

I agree about the mean!!! I look at the cfs first on the 11 point    Have fished it in February when it was 300 cfs and 2 feet on the gauge (and super clear) !!! Have also fished it 1700 cfs and 5 feet.... after a big blowout ... when it was in a slow drop!!! (And murky) I wood not fish it at 1800 today because the drop is too fast for me! When this drop starts to level off it will be ideal conditions.... (temperature permitting) 😁

[gotmuddy]

Thanks for the info Al.  The water was too clear, I guess just because there had not been rain, not because the flows were low.  Regardless I had a great time.

[Al Agnew]

21 hours ago, snap said:

I agree about the mean!!! I look at the cfs first on the 11 point    Have fished it in February when it was 300 cfs and 2 feet on the gauge (and super clear) !!! Have also fished it 1700 cfs and 5 feet.... after a big blowout ... when it was in a slow drop!!! (And murky) I wood not fish it at 1800 today because the drop is too fast for me! When this drop starts to level off it will be ideal conditions.... (temperature permitting) 😁

Another reason to look first at the median flow.  Median, like I said, is a good approximation of normal flow, but it varies by month and season.  What is normal for April is going to be high and possibly muddy for August. On the Eleven Point gage, the median flow for February is around 650-700 cfs.  For April, it's 950-1000 cfs.  For August, it's 420-480 cfs.