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Location: Chicagoland | Everyone knows how low the water was basically from Greenbay up last year. That winter had relatively little snow. Will the tons of snow we had this year bring the lakes back up to normal level and keep it that way? |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wisconsin | No, (IMO)
The central and southern of Wisconsin got hit pretty hard with snow this winter but the northern part of the state didn't get near as much. For most of the winter central Wisconsin had what seemed to me, 2/3 more snow than Mercer and eagle River areas.
I have been fishing below the dams in central Wisconsin recently and they are keeping gates closed. What I was told is that the flow rates at Merrill, Wausau, Mosinee and Point are low enough at this point that opening gates is not warranted. They are also saying that they probably will not open any gates until the lakes up north start breaking up. I know that the spring run off is not in full swing yet but all indications are that there really will not be a big run off due to lack of snow.
It would have been nice to see northern WI get as much snow as the lower half of the state did. I wouldn’t hold my breath for the water levels to come up much this spring.
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Location: Madison |
The central and southern of Wisconsin got hit pretty hard with snow this winter but the northern part of the state didn't get near as much.
Exactly.
Madison = 100.7" of snow this season, a foot more than the previous record
Green Bay = 82.1"
Wausau = 68.4"
Rhinelander = 62.6" (which is a tenth of an inch over normal value) |
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Location: Stevens Point, Wi. | On a positive note- the cool weather has made for a slow melt. Should all go to raising the water table. |
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Location: Chicagoland | Too bad. I like to go bassin' on a small lake near Townsend in Oconto and last year the lake just didn't seem the same with the low water levels. Structure that I would find bass and sunning northern in were only a few inches deep and marshy. The water levels seemed to push the fish deeper and made it much harder to locate them. However, there was a plus. This 55 acre lake thats gets 70' deep and has abnormally large northern for the size, I'm talking regular winter catches of 36'' easy and some close to 45'' and those bigguns love to hold deep in summer. The lower water levels made the potholes they held in easier to reach the strikezone. I got a few thirties this summer when I would go others without seeing a fish over 25''. I guess only time will tell and perhaps the different fishing conditions will make us all the better... Happy open season fellas! |
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Location: Pulaski, WI | I'm thinking Lake Michigan will go up. The Fox flows North! |
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Location: Chicagoland | It already has been rising, which is good because of the decades of low water |
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