You getting any rain Bob??

  • kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    September 21, 2007 at 12:09 pm #1287992

    Hoping the lake got dumped on this week, it might not help raise the lake level, but hopefully sustain it’s current levels??

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    September 21, 2007 at 12:22 pm #609944

    Bob is at LOTW fishing in the MTT Championship.

    I saw on the radar what looked like an all day rain. Checked the lake level and it went down!!!

    Lake Level

    -J.

    dan-larson
    Cedar, Min-E-So-Ta
    Posts: 1482
    September 21, 2007 at 1:05 pm #609957

    Just out of curiosity, anyone know where Gauge 00065 is on the lake?

    Hunting4Walleyes
    MN
    Posts: 1552
    September 21, 2007 at 1:11 pm #609958

    Judging by the map(not very good) on the USGS wesite it looks to be pretty close to the public access in Cove Bay.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    September 21, 2007 at 2:09 pm #609979

    More lake level data from the Mille Lacs Messenger. Could be worse I guess…. It was 5 feet lower than it is now in 1936.

    Latest reading Monday, Sept. 16, 200 …..1249.92 ft.

    Sept. 10, 2007…………………………………..1250.11 ft.

    Aug. 31, 2007………………………………….. 1250.13 ft.

    Aug. 19, 2007………………………………….. 1250.18 ft.

    Aug. 13, 2007………………………………….. 1250.27 ft.

    Aug. 6, 2007 …………………………………….1250.31 ft.

    July 30, 2007…………………………………… 1250.43 ft

    July 9, 2007……………………………………. 1250.71 ft.

    June 18, 2007…………………………………. 1250.81 ft.

    Sept. 25, 2006 …………………………………1250.56 ft.

    July 24, 2006 …………………………………..1251.18 ft.

    Sept. 14, 2005 …………………………………1251.85 ft.

    May 3, 2005 …………………………………….1251.48 ft.

    April 27, 2004 ………………………………….1251.56 ft.

    Sept. 15, 2003 …………………………………1251.93 ft.

    Sept. 10, 2002 …………………………………1253.75 ft.

    July 27, 2001 …………………………………..1252.37 ft.

    Height of Buck Moore Dam (Kathio State Pk.). ……………1250.50 ft.

    Ordinary high water mark ……………………………………….1252.80 ft.

    Highest level ever (Aug. 1972) ………………………………..1253.87 ft.

    Lowest level ever (Oct. 1936) …………………………………1245.63 ft.

    2007 measurements taken from Cove Bay public access on the south side of Mille Lacs Lake by the U.S. Geological Survey.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    September 21, 2007 at 5:44 pm #610035

    Lake Oahe was/is much the same. However, it’s coming back this year, just slightly. Hate to see this low water anywhere!!!

    jldii
    Posts: 2294
    September 21, 2007 at 7:26 pm #610065

    Quote:

    More lake level data from the Mille Lacs Messenger. Could be worse I guess…. It was 5 feet lower than it is now in 1936.

    Latest reading Monday, Sept. 16, 200 …..1249.92 ft.

    Sept. 10, 2007…………………………………..1250.11 ft.

    Aug. 31, 2007………………………………….. 1250.13 ft.

    Aug. 19, 2007………………………………….. 1250.18 ft.

    Aug. 13, 2007………………………………….. 1250.27 ft.

    Aug. 6, 2007 …………………………………….1250.31 ft.

    July 30, 2007…………………………………… 1250.43 ft

    July 9, 2007……………………………………. 1250.71 ft.

    June 18, 2007…………………………………. 1250.81 ft.

    Sept. 25, 2006 …………………………………1250.56 ft.

    July 24, 2006 …………………………………..1251.18 ft.

    Sept. 14, 2005 …………………………………1251.85 ft.

    May 3, 2005 …………………………………….1251.48 ft.

    April 27, 2004 ………………………………….1251.56 ft.

    Sept. 15, 2003 …………………………………1251.93 ft.

    Sept. 10, 2002 …………………………………1253.75 ft.

    July 27, 2001 …………………………………..1252.37 ft.

    Height of Buck Moore Dam (Kathio State Pk.). ……………1250.50 ft.

    Ordinary high water mark ……………………………………….1252.80 ft.

    Highest level ever (Aug. 1972) ………………………………..1253.87 ft.

    Lowest level ever (Oct. 1936) …………………………………1245.63 ft.

    2007 measurements taken from Cove Bay public access on the south side of Mille Lacs Lake by the U.S. Geological Survey.

    That was at the end of the dust bowl years, and before the Rum River Dam came into use, which raised the water about another 4 feet once the lake came back up.

    FYI, the shallow flat below the scenic overlook in Isle Bay was a potato field during those dust bowl years. You can still see the rocks that were piled up along the bluff side of the field early in the season.

    chomps
    Sioux City IA
    Posts: 3974
    September 21, 2007 at 9:43 pm #610094

    as I recall reading, the north side was good for pheasant hunting, where there is water now! That just is mind blowing!

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    September 24, 2007 at 10:33 pm #610774

    And the water around the pier lookout in Garrison where the big walleye sits was shoreline for 50 yards out when it was first built.

    castironkid
    Posts: 34
    September 24, 2007 at 11:33 pm #610787

    I drove into the Cove Bay access about a week ago looking for the gauge but I didn’t see anything that looked like a gauge.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    September 27, 2007 at 5:19 pm #611551

    The guage is back giving readings. Looks like the lake is up a little!!

    -J.

    jon_jordan
    St. Paul, Mn
    Posts: 10908
    September 27, 2007 at 6:23 pm #611568

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    The guage is back giving readings….

    Quote:

    Maybe not….

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