When's It Going to STOP?????
We woke up this morning with SNOW on the ground, again..... Our local headwaters currently have 238% of normal snow pack for this time of the year. They opened 3 ski resorts near us for the Memorial Day weekend. We've had ENOUGH already. At this rate, run-off should end sometime next winter.
Can you tell that I need to go fishing? The problem is there's no place to go that's not cold, high, dangerous, and off color
Okay, whining mode OFF!
Dan S
"I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel." Roderick Haig-Brown, A River Never Sleeps
If misery loves company, it's not much better here in Montana.
Look at today's Snotel report for the various Montana watersheds: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/reports...=select+a+year
I'm on the Yellowstone River, 35 miles north of Yellowstone Park, and at about 5,000' elevation. It snowed on and off here yesterday, and more is forecast for today. The Upper Yellowstone watershed is now at 192% of avg. snowpack.
I did fish some yesterday, but it was mostly due to the fact that I had some spare time than that I actually expected to catch fish (which I didn't).
The South Platte Drainage is at 266% of normal. Fishing will be confined to Tahosa and smaller lakes and ponds for a good long while. I'm not a betting man normally, but $10 says we will have a record number of rafting deaths in Colorado this year. The big runoff will draw crowds for the white water on the Arkansas and Colorado. Unless a dam breaks, the South Platte will remain pretty tame except for the headwaters.
Kevin
Be careful how you live. You may be the only Bible some person ever reads.
Some friends went to Mammoth Mountain this weekend and called to say it was snowing. I thought they were pulling my leg. Man oh man. Snow on May 28 in the Eastern Sierras. Wild weather this year. Jim
I'm either going to, coming from or thinking about fishing. Jim
I just checked the CA State Snow Pack conditions website - for our area it's now at 259% and the snow water equivalency is 31.9 inches. I also checked in with Kirkwood Ski resort which is about 35 miles from here. They've had 12" in the last 24 hours. Most of our lakes are still iced over so we are really limited in fishable water.
Dan S
"I still don't know why I fish or why other men fish, except that we like it and it makes us think and feel." Roderick Haig-Brown, A River Never Sleeps
Maybe in the fall, at least in Co. Arapahoe Basin Ski Area got 38" of fresh powder last week and hope to stay open till July 4th. July 4th??? Runoff is usually over by then. Aspen Mtn. also had plans to open for Memorial Day weekend.
Where I usually fish at a flow of 3-400 cfs is now running 4,400 cfs and it's just getting started.
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