Watching lake levels rise.

[Darth-Baiter]

What a welcome sight!  My more local big lake (Sonoma lake) is still super low. I’d have to drag my kayak 1/4 mile form the boat ramp to launch where I want.  Where the smallmouth congregate.  I’ll do it, but it’s hell dragging it back up. Absolutely hell. I’ve been using the main ramp, but it’s mostly largemouth on that end. It’s a long kayak run too. 
 

but Clearlake!  It’s still low, but vastly improved.  The bass boats will have (full estimated) ramp access again when water gets to 0-Rumsey.   It’s  at -0.2 rumsey now.    My tiny local lakes are flooded. Haha. Spring time is going to be interesting.   Been cold recently. I bet bass are finally 0n their winter thing.  Deep diver cranks time.  
 

my new hobby is checking lake level charts

 

 

[Scorcher214]

I moved to the south from Michigan and lake levels aren't something I've really ever thought about. But yesterday I went to a park that over the summer I thought would be a great fishing spot come fall. 

 

Unfishable from shore....was super bummed but went to the dam and still got a couple. I think ill join your lake-level-checker-club. 

[TnRiver46]

2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

What a welcome sight!  My more local big lake (Sonoma lake) is still super low. I’d have to drag my kayak 1/4 mile form the boat ramp to launch where I want.  Where the smallmouth congregate.  I’ll do it, but it’s hell dragging it back up. Absolutely hell. I’ve been using the main ramp, but it’s mostly largemouth on that end. It’s a long kayak run too. 
 

but Clearlake!  It’s still low, but vastly improved.  The bass boats will have (full estimated) ramp access again when water gets to 0-Rumsey.   It’s  at -0.2 rumsey now.    My tiny local lakes are flooded. Haha. Spring time is going to be interesting.   Been cold recently. I bet bass are finally 0n their winter thing.  Deep diver cranks time.  
 

my new hobby is checking lake level charts

 

 

I’ve checked lake and river levels my entire adult life, it can be addicting. I even look at TN river levels 500 miles downstream of my house, just to see how crazy the dams are flowing. One thing I’ve never heard though is Rumsey

 

glad y’all are getting some needed moisture

59 minutes ago, Scorcher214 said:

I moved to the south from Michigan and lake levels aren't something I've really ever thought about. But yesterday I went to a park that over the summer I thought would be a great fishing spot come fall. 

 

Unfishable from shore....was super bummed but went to the dam and still got a couple. I think ill join your lake-level-checker-club. 

Michigan is amazing, always raining but the water is always clear and at the same level. Mind boggling 

[Scorcher214]

43 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Michigan is amazing, always raining but the water is always clear and at the same level. Mind boggling 

 

Lake st clair fluctuates maybe 1-1.5ft throughout the year i think. Nothing that would completely ruin my fishing spot. Depends on how much snow we'd gotten up north. 

 

I loved the clear water so much. Now all I got is chocolate milk...

[Zippo Guy]

Lake Oroville is up to 708 feet,  from a low of 628 feet in October. Full is 900 feet so it has a way to go.  Lots of snow in the Sierras so we are looking forward to getting the lake up quite a bit higher. 

[WRB]

Rumsey is a water level specific to Clear Lake. Clear Lake is a natural lake and Zero Rumsey indicates full pool of the natural lake, before the dam was built . Full today is 7.26 Rumsey. To understand this gage system Google search Clear Lake Rumsey gage. 

Tom

[TnRiver46]

30 minutes ago, Scorcher214 said:

 

Lake st clair fluctuates maybe 1-1.5ft throughout the year i think. Nothing that would completely ruin my fishing spot. Depends on how much snow we'd gotten up north. 

 

I loved the clear water so much. Now all I got is chocolate milk...

The Tennessee river near my house fluctuates anywhere from 2 feet to 5 feet every single day. The only exception is when they are filling up Douglas and Cherokee lakes 30-40 feet in spring time and they hold back most of the water. Of course spring can be rainy and still fluctuate the river quite a bit regardless of dam flows

18 minutes ago, WRB said:

Rumsey is a water level specific to Clear Lake. Clear Lake is a natural lake and Zero Rumsey indicates full pool of the natural lake, before the dam was built . Full today is 7.26 Rumsey. To understand this gage system Google search Clear Lake Rumsey gage. 

Tom

Thank you sir 

[throttleplate]

up north here we got 11 inches snow yesterday and now today its snowing. These storms are moving east and northeast in ine with all the lakes and the ottertail river i fish.

 

I am hoping for alot more snow moisture for the rest of winter along with a wet spring so the lakes will recover alot of what was lost from the previous winter and summer drought.

 

I also watch water levels of far away lakes especially lake mead outside of las vegas nevada.

I boated and used to run up the colorado river into the grand canyon from lake mead and camp out. The water was at its peak high back then in 1997.

Now you cant get near the mouth of the river entering lake mead as now its all dried up for as far as you can see with just a trickle coming out of the mouth.