Rapid River

On 2010-06-09 04:23:40 -0400, DaveS said:


Great report David. You said the river was running at about 1400 cfs.
And given you've seen this river more than anyone else here, . . .
What would you guess would be the cfs at flood stage for the rapid?
And the typical annual low?

Many of our rivers out here have very wide variations ( like a recent
small river cycle of many days at about a low 200-250 cfs, then in 36
hours spiking to 1000+ cfs.

Dave

The ideal flow would be 900 cfs. That would allow good fishing on just
about anyplace on the river, and would allow folks to wade across First
Current to The Island. More than 900 and you would need a boat for the
island. They are running 400 now, although the lake is full. Can't
understand why the flow is so low, but Florida Power and Light control
it. Their logic escapes me at times.

Flood stage would be anything greater than 2000 cfs. There are still
places to fish, but you really have to know the river. At 4000s the
river is in the woods and there is no island. At 6000 they practically
scour the river. I've seen that a few times. FPL can be axxholes. In
fact, most of the time (including now) they ARE axxholes.

At 400 cfs the fishing is great, but if it stays at that flow, the
river warms and the brook trout escape to the springs in Pond in the
River. It's been at 400 for almost a week, and the very cold nights
and cool days have been a blessing. The lake is full, so there is no
reason why they shouldn't be running 800 - 1200 cfs.

Dave