hot summer days

[Troy]

Big Pine was >88 Degrees at Waterville last Saturday. How does that translate to temperature upstream at Slate Run? The gauge at Cedar Run doesn't have a thermometer.

I would assume close to 80 degrees if Slate Run itself got to 72 degrees 5 miles upstream the same day.

 

[Millsertime]

I camped at pettecote jnctn 2 weekends ago. Pine creek was warm and I didn’t see many risers in evening. I never fished but still had a great time. Lots of ppl still fishing when I was there. We’ll probably go camping there in may next year. I love that area of the state.

 

[Kms]

you can also use this national water dashboard to see the gauges, rainfall rates, and many other layers. It takes a few minutes to play with the settings to see the layers you want - but it is my go-to for all water data these days. You can click on any gauge and it will open the data for that gauge.

USGS | National Water Dashboard

Access river level and other water information and weather conditions in your neighborhood! A map viewer showing real-time river level and water data collected at U.S. Geological Survey observation stations in context with weather-related data from other public sources.

dashboard.waterdata.usgs.gov

The free app rivers.run is great for checking USGS flow rates and changes, water levels and temp where available. The initial setup is a bit clunky, but thereafter it’s quick. It’s ostensibly a paddling app, but good for river and creek info:

‎rivers.run

‎Rivers.run provides water levels, water temperature, and other information, using data collected from over 12,000 gauges. It matches this information with crowdsourced paddling expertise to tell you what a river height actually means, and to provide skill level estimates. You can use GPS...

apps.apple.com

 

[rustbeltwilds]

Remember the old days when we just drove by the creek we wanted to fish, looked at it... then made the decision to fish it... if conditions were less than ideal.. say too high n dirty or too low n clear. We just made adjustments to the conditions to have success...think it made us better apt to handle conditions on future excursions

 

[Dave_W]

I tend to get more bored easily these days bass fishing over trout.

Say it ain't so!

You're gettin soft.

 

[Nocktavius]

Why are people suddenly bleeding hearts over stocked fish in borderline temps? You realize they mostly die anyway right? Is that stretch not DHALO? for all we know the guy probably took that fish home and ate it, and the river is better off for it.

Pine Creek will never be more than a novelty to me. Until the day they flood the entire ancient lakebed up there in Ansonia and build a giant bottom release dam I don’t care to ever fish it again, and I sure as heck am not going to lose sleep bc a few guys are out there fishing for pellet pigs in the summer heat. Toss em up on the bank while you’re at it😂

 

[jifigz]

Say it ain't so!

You're gettin soft.

Haha. Maybe I am. I'll always love chasing bass, but I just prefer trout anymore. There is something about em. Plus, there is so much cold water nearby that I am able to fish em all summer long.