high river flows

  • riverfan
    MN
    Posts: 1531
    March 23, 2010 at 2:11 am #1315666

    It’s been a long time for flows like this. All of the gates were pulled at lock and dam 4 this AM. Here is the reading tonight (99100). 100,000 may happen soon.

    John

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    March 23, 2010 at 2:13 am #856318

    Yup, the great American flush!

    thegun
    mn
    Posts: 1009
    March 23, 2010 at 2:22 am #856322

    now if they could stay there for about a month! its long overdue and many back channels that need to be cleaned out after years of sediment build up!

    get them Pike back in there like they used to be

    then i could quit chasin them darn ruff fish!(walleyes)

    waters high but the fish are a eating ! good luck all!

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    March 23, 2010 at 12:50 pm #856384

    Anyone know if they open all the gates in the system? I am wondering if they will open St. Anthony Falls like last year. That was the only year I know of that they did it.

    kris_brantner
    My river
    Posts: 1678
    March 23, 2010 at 5:10 pm #856486

    i must have counted 20-30 trees floating down the lake yesterday on my way home. those were just the giant ones i could see. going to be a scarry spring running everything for the first time….

    whittsend
    Posts: 2389
    March 23, 2010 at 7:26 pm #856543

    It was kind of cool yesterday running upstream, seeing the huge trees and rootballs coming downstream… A few of the cans looked to be totally underwater…. Tons of small junk in the water.

    Be careful of the hard-to-see ice chunks, though… I only saw a few, but I sure would hate to hit any of them….

    Good luck next time you get out and be safe….

    huntfishhastings
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 282
    March 24, 2010 at 1:36 am #856673

    A submerged can would be a disaster! I was worried about hitting one last weekend.

    Wade Boardman
    Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 4453
    March 24, 2010 at 3:14 pm #856794

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    A submerged can would be a disaster! I was worried about hitting one last weekend.

    Keep an eye open for them. I saw 4 submerged cans on Sunday. Plus a couple others have been moved. Who knows where they are now that it’s getting close to cresting.

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