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Post by turfdawg on Mar 18, 2017 11:58:31 GMT -6
Since I really never fished below swimming hole bridge and Hickory hole before the flood I was just wondering what it does to the water level? I assume it stays the same around swim hole bridge to power house area but does it rise much 40' hole, Hickory hole and now even some in Evening hole now that it is more shallow?
I thought it was weird around swim hole bridge while the stops were out the the level rose and actually the water flow reversed some while they are generating.
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Post by dlinzy on Mar 18, 2017 16:46:41 GMT -6
The "Swell" of water from generating goes all the way to the Swim beach bridge and raises the water level between 14 - 22" depending on if 1 or 2 generators 3300 or 6600 Cu FPS are released.
Heard they were cracking down hard on the "fence" crossers and waders and are planning to bouy off the river above the falls soon making any access a federal offense.
So there goes one more place we can't fish.
D
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Post by danimal on Mar 18, 2017 22:11:36 GMT -6
No change above Hickory.
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Post by golferjeff on Mar 19, 2017 10:21:18 GMT -6
Stop logs only change water level above Swim Beach bridge and Fly Shop bridge. About 3' is my guesstimate. The water from EH bridge to the elbow above Fern Campground is a little slower, but not much deeper. I would like to see more than 80-90 CFS, but that is all we are getting right now.
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Post by todd13 on Mar 20, 2017 20:49:56 GMT -6
I have to ask the dumb question (yes I am a newb): what is a log stop and how is this impacting me as a fly fisher? I am coming up this weekend. thanks
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Post by turfdawg on Mar 20, 2017 21:10:38 GMT -6
They are just railroad cross ties that they can add or remove in front of the fly shop bridge and the swim beach bridge. They add them in the spring so it will raise the water level so people can swim and canoe in those areas. In the fall they pull them back out and lower the water level making those areas wadeable for the fisherman The main fishing areas don't change unless they change the flow.
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Post by hankinsfly on Mar 21, 2017 11:10:38 GMT -6
So how bout downstream of the swim area bridge down to the confluence with the main river? Is this wadeable year round?
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Post by hankinsfly on Mar 21, 2017 11:13:03 GMT -6
Sorry, the answer was already addressed in the thread. Thanks
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Post by jonbo on Mar 21, 2017 11:56:22 GMT -6
So, is the Day Use Area wadeable year round?
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Post by sulross on Mar 22, 2017 8:41:09 GMT -6
The "Swell" of water from generating goes all the way to the Swim beach bridge and raises the water level between 14 - 22" depending on if 1 or 2 generators 3300 or 6600 Cu FPS are released. Heard they were cracking down hard on the "fence" crossers and waders and are planning to bouy off the river above the falls soon making any access a federal offense. So there goes one more place we can't fish. D I don't understand what you are referencing in the line with "'fence' crossers...buoy off the river above the falls." What falls are you referencing and what "fence?" Thanks!
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Post by jonbo on Mar 22, 2017 11:25:05 GMT -6
Yeah! we're all confused over here.
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Post by Fenwick on Mar 22, 2017 12:00:45 GMT -6
Just downriver of the swim beach bridge is a readily accessible wadeable stretch good for fishing as we all know. Also in that same general area downriver of the swim beach bridge is the power generation station on the left and its outflow. On that same power generation station side of the river is a rocky area you once could clamber around on by the water and fish. The water appears smooth on the surface and is deep there and it was great for finding trout, walleye and bass. It also has powerful swirling currents that can and will pull you under should you somehow find yourself in the drink at that spot. Well as it turns out some folks have indeed drowned over the years in that area near the power generation station side and so the gov't thought it wise to put up anchor fencing to keep folks from accessing those dangerous areas lest there be a fatal repeat performance. Not to be deterred by danger or by the gov't a lot of folks have tried to damage the anchor fencing in ways that allow them to get past it to get to the water again. "Fence crossers". Downriver of that area the water becomes wide and deep right up to the park dam, "the falls" as it were that more or less demarks the beginning of Zone 2. There have also been drownings at that deceptively inviting stretch just above the dam where the RV campground area is situated. It sure does look nice and inviting to take a dip there but the swirling currents await you. For some strange reason the authorities take a dim view of people endangering themselves and others and even going so far as to drown thus causing bad press and other inconveniences for many aside from their dearly departed selves. Buoys stretched across the water are being considered for this area. Gov't intrusion into you and yours trying to knowingly or unknowingly get themselves killed there. Isn't it always the case? Go downriver to the next dam and watch the same wreckless suicidal activity for yourselves if not much is happening in the park. The heat of summer attracts the most daredevils to the water.
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Post by Fenwick on Apr 10, 2017 21:49:55 GMT -6
Yesterday afternoon 4/09 I parked in the lot at the powerhouse outflow area and took a long look around. Just me at first and it was interesting to see how the flood tore up a section of that areas asphalt lane. The riffles there and those downstream of the outflow area sure were tempting but I knew to stay upriver of that. Anyway as I was leaving a couple parked there and sure enough they walked past the broken fence and signage and the cable strung there and went down to the water but they were not fishing or wading or horsing around where they'd wind up in the drink.
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