Yellowstoned

Did you take a look at the Madison inside the park?
S.T.W.

No, we drove from Bozeman to the Lamar through Gardiner.
I haven't been over to the Madison since the end of the salmon
fly season.

This past winter we got more snow that we've seen in years
and we also got so much late spring rain everybody thought
the ten year dought finally over.

And then it got hot (very hot) and dry and windy from late
June through now, and everything got drier'na popcorn fart again.

The Lamar is low but cool enough the fish would be fine, if they
weren't getting pounded 8-10 hours a day while
stuck in small pools of deep water, with no where to go. The Montana
Fish and Game
closed down the Big Hole last month, when the water dropped
to a trickle. The Park Service should do the same, when it gets like
this.

Trouble is, once (they) start closing off the fishing, they might never
open it up again. I trust the Montana Fish and Game. I don't much trust
the Park Service.

On 17 Aug 2006 15:42:47 -0700, wrote:

The Lamar is low but cool enough the fish would be fine, if they
weren't getting pounded 8-10 hours a day while
stuck in small pools of deep water, with no where to go. The Montana
Fish and Game
closed down the Big Hole last month, when the water dropped
to a trickle. The Park Service should do the same, when it gets like
this.

Trouble is, once (they) start closing off the fishing, they might never
open it up again. I trust the Montana Fish and Game. I don't much trust
the Park Service.

Sandy, how are things in Idaho and Wyoming? Are they too experiencing
low/warm water? I couldn't believe the temperatures you folks went
through in July/August.

Dave

"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message
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On 17 Aug 2006 15:42:47 -0700, wrote:

how are things in Idaho and Wyoming?

I fished the North Fork of the Clearwater last week, it was in good shape,
however the temp was at 65 degrees and that was after a good rain the night
before...

There were many, many people fishing, it's not what it once was.

JT

Dave LaCourse wrote:
Sandy, how are things in Idaho and Wyoming? Are they too experiencing
low/warm water? I couldn't believe the temperatures you folks went
through in July/August.

Dave

Dave,

Water conditions in the Bighorns are pretty bad. I've had a part
time job for the last 7 years checking flow in an irrigation ditch. The
ditch was shut down the end of June due to lack of water. (Because
others have superior water rights, our ditch is one of the first to get
shut down when water is scarce.) Snow on the mountains will be gone in
another month, I think. The high lakes in the wilderness are OK but you
can see the water levels are a bit lower by historic standards.

It's been too hot to fish anyway

Snoop

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:59:46 -0600, wrote:

It's been too hot to fish anyway

It's in the high 60s during the day in the mountains of western Maine,
and in the 40's during the night. Streams are fishing well. I'll be
back up there next week.

On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:59:46 -0600, wrote:

Water conditions in the Bighorns are pretty bad.

Duh. Forgot to ask: How can the Bighorn be bad? I've fished it when
the air temp was 104 while the water was a cool 53 or so. Don't tell
me there's not much water in that great big/deep lake.

Dave

Dave LaCourse wrote:
On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 17:59:46 -0600, wrote:


Water conditions in the Bighorns are pretty bad.


Duh. Forgot to ask: How can the Bighorn be bad? I've fished it when
the air temp was 104 while the water was a cool 53 or so. Don't tell
me there's not much water in that great big/deep lake.

Dave


Bighorn mountains, Dave, not the Bighorn River. Wild horses couldn't
drag me to the Bighorn River this time of year. I didn't even go there
last winter which was standard procedure in the past. Jaded, I guess.

Snoop