Madison Report

In article ,
Willi wrote:

wrote:
I've only floated the Madison maybe 4 times and I've always caught more
fish on foot. Extensive sucking up is still good though ;-)

Hopefully we'll have a second boat along.

Let's start the over/under line for cfs @ the Cameron MT streamflow
gauge for July 9.

My guess is 1600 cfs and we'll all be happy.

bruce h



It's dropping and I think below 1600. Have we ever fished the Madison
when it was at 1600?

Willi


Willi,

I didn't see that gauge .Which one of these gauges should we pay
attention to for those numbers?

Stage Flow Type Updated

MT Madison bl Hebgen Lake 2.12 1430 usgs 6/27
MT Madison R at Kirby Ranch 2.53 1840 usgs 6/27
MT Madison R bl Ennis Lake 4.43 3110 usgs 6/27
MT Madison R nr West Yellowstone 1.91 531 usgs 6/27
MT Madison River ab Powerplant nr McAlliste 7.03 1820 usgs 6/27

Allen
Gotta do something while awaiting the trip!

Allen, I think the Kirby Ranch gauge is the most relevant.

Willi, Hasn't the river been right around 1200 cfs when we were there
in the past? How do you look up historical data on the USGS site?

bruce h

I posted the USGS graph for the last year, and then for last July on the
binaries group.

bugcaster


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Allen, I think the Kirby Ranch gauge is the most relevant.

Willi, Hasn't the river been right around 1200 cfs when we were there
in the past? How do you look up historical data on the USGS site?

bruce h

On 27 Jun 2005 17:47:07 -0700, wrote:

Allen, I think the Kirby Ranch gauge is the most relevant.

Willi, Hasn't the river been right around 1200 cfs when we were there
in the past? How do you look up historical data on the USGS site?

bruce h


The flows are related to Montana Powers whims :-)...1200 at the
Slide is up. I like 900 or a bit less

harry wrote:
On 27 Jun 2005 17:47:07 -0700, wrote:


Allen, I think the Kirby Ranch gauge is the most relevant.

Willi, Hasn't the river been right around 1200 cfs when we were there
in the past? How do you look up historical data on the USGS site?

bruce h



The flows are related to Montana Powers whims :-)...1200 at the
Slide is up. I like 900 or a bit less


You've been going there for a long time Harry, what's your guess in
terms of what levels to expect?

Willi

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 16:55:50 -0600, Willi wrote:

harry wrote:
On 27 Jun 2005 17:47:07 -0700, wrote:


Allen, I think the Kirby Ranch gauge is the most relevant.

Willi, Hasn't the river been right around 1200 cfs when we were there
in the past? How do you look up historical data on the USGS site?

bruce h



The flows are related to Montana Powers whims :-)...1200 at the
Slide is up. I like 900 or a bit less


You've been going there for a long time Harry, what's your guess in
terms of what levels to expect?

Willi


In truth, I have no clue. The last four or so years Montana Power has
raised the flow incrementally during July. They say to cool Ennis
Lake. Last year when we got there in mid July, the flow was at 900. In
two weeks, it was up to 1300. Low water is tough on the fish, they get
hammered .

Allen Epps wrote:

Allen
Gotta do something while awaiting the trip!

Whatever the flow is, Allen, that will be the flow. I think it's going
to be great and we're hitting it at exactly the right time. :-)

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Allen Epps wrote:
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Willi wrote:


wrote:



My guess is 1600 cfs and we'll all be happy.

bruce h



It's dropping and I think below 1600. Have we ever fished the Madison
when it was at 1600?

Willi



Willi,

I didn't see that gauge .Which one of these gauges should we pay
attention to for those numbers?

Stage Flow Type Updated

MT Madison bl Hebgen Lake 2.12 1430 usgs 6/27
MT Madison R at Kirby Ranch 2.53 1840 usgs 6/27
MT Madison R bl Ennis Lake 4.43 3110 usgs 6/27
MT Madison R nr West Yellowstone 1.91 531 usgs 6/27
MT Madison River ab Powerplant nr McAlliste 7.03 1820 usgs 6/27

Allen
Gotta do something while awaiting the trip!


I didn't write that very clearly. I used the Kirby Ranch figures with
the flow right now at 1840. I just think it will drop below 1600 by the
time the clave starts. There's been a pretty steady drop and snowpack is
dwindling.

Willi