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[esko]

I managed to repair the trolling motor and went to the butte saturday afternoon. It was a complicated day, it was reallly cloudy so we decided to set camp before it started raining. It ended up not raining but we were unable to fish that day. Sunday morning we woke up early and started fishing around rock canyon, fishing was very slow for bass and we did not see many fish. Later that day we decided to move out of rock canyon but we could not find the fish. The surprising thing is that i caught a catfish with a rapala dt 4 while the lure was floating in the surface, i tought it was a bass because of the huge top water splash but it ended up being a cat. Stripers will have to wait until next time!

[MrWalleye]

Too bad about the slow fishing. With the HUGE rains we've had here, I thinks its gonna be at least a few more days before the bass are back in the shallows. Caught a couple day before yesterday, but last evening was the first day in a long time that all I got was the  . Can't wait for them to start biting again, as I've got a brand new rod and reel I've been dyin to try out.

[Duck Hunter]

Hey Mr. Walley, was wondering if the lake level has gone up with all the rains we've had.  A friend went out last week and said it had gone down fifteen ft. since he was there a couple weeks prior.

[capnlee]

Here are some lake levels I have copied at random times over the last couple of years.  It looks like it is still falling at the moment.  You can find this data in real time at:

http://www.spa.usace.army.mil/wc/adbb/riogrt.asp

Time  Date             Elevation   Ac. Ft.
0830 03JUN2008     4348.260   618296
0830 10JUN2008     4349.060   629930
0815 20JUN2008     4350.120   645538
0515 23JUN2008     4349.800   640802
0730 10SEP2008     4345.680
0800 02DEC2008     4346.890   598616
0800 05DEC2008     4347.100   601609
0800 08DEC2008     4347.300   604475
0800 12JAN2009     4350.150   645983
1500 15JAN2009     4350.490
0800 26JAN2009     4351.520   
1000 30JAN2009     4351.910   659816
0900 03FEB2009     4352.280   665571
0800 17FEB2009     4353.390   683055
0900 18FEB2009     4353.540   685445***
0800 31MAR2009     4349.630   falling
0800 06MAY2009     4346.920—rising
0830 08MAY2009     4347.170   589412
1600 21MAY2009     4350.070   631854
0900 01JUN2009     4352.360   666824
0800 11JUN2009     4352.860   *****
0900 05AUG2009     4343.150
0830 28AUG2009     4338.290   469434
0900 21OCT2009     4336.840   451332
0900 10FEB2010     4345.640   567674
0800 17MAY2010     4346.010   
1400 29JUL2010     4336.370   445578