Took a trip over today to check Pool 13…

  • IceHogsFan
    Rockford IL
    Posts: 51
    June 24, 2004 at 5:54 am #1314700

    What a mess! Stopped by dam 13, Big Slough, Sabula, & The Pallasades. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen the river that high. THe parking lot at Lazy River Marina was almost non-existant. I could tell the water had been higher in the last few days. I sure hope the forcast on the Army Corps of Engineers website is correct. They show the river dropping next week.

    pitbull
    Too far from the river
    Posts: 485
    June 24, 2004 at 6:00 am #309816

    Yup fishing is horrible when the river get’s that high

    f1a2r3m4l5i6f7
    northwest illinois
    Posts: 20
    June 25, 2004 at 9:24 pm #310085

    Have to agree about messing up fishing.

    john-tucker
    Northwest Illinois
    Posts: 1251
    June 26, 2004 at 5:46 pm #310137

    River is dropping fast. Hopefully will be down to “normal” summer levels in a little over a week. Walleye fishing has been good, just not in normal summer places.
    Johm

    IceHogsFan
    Rockford IL
    Posts: 51
    June 29, 2004 at 4:18 pm #310492

    According to the Army Corps of Engineers website they’ve leveled the pool at about 14′ which I believe normal stage is 13′ and the flow is down to 110000 cfs so it looks like I’ll be headed that way tomorrow!

    john-tucker
    Northwest Illinois
    Posts: 1251
    June 30, 2004 at 1:13 am #310590

    Its dropping like a rock here on 14. Looking at the forecast for lock and dam 12, it looks like they will be dropping pool 13 some more, ought to push the fish back in to more normal summer time haunts! I sure hope it stabilizes for an extended period after the drop. I’m am way more than ready for some serious fishing!
    John

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