January 5, 2025

CFS at the dam 300 until at least midnight tomorrow, CFS at the Pineville gauge 544 and very gradually dropping. Air temperatures started at 29 degrees Fahrenheit at opening time, it is currently 23 degrees, on its way to an overnight low of 11 degrees. All morning and into mid-afternoon we had fairly stiff winds, with occasional gusts, but the winds seem to have abated during the late afternoon. There have been periodic flurries of fine-grained lake effect snow, adding very little to what had already accumulated (about 4" total). We had an handful of guests join us on the run today, checking in from mid-morning through mid-afternoon. Initial reports, from those guests taking a break mid-afternoon and then returning for another try, indicated slush still in the water as of mid-afternoon, gradually thawing out, with ice having built-up into a clot just below the Meadow. Nobody had more than a tug or two at the time of initially coming up. After having ventured back down then up, this time they reported that they each had been able to hook into a few fish, that they were unable to bring to hand, in the middle section. The specific comment was "They're there!". The last few guests, having been the last to check-in this afternoon, came off the run after dark. An incredible report: both had double-digit hookups, and brought Steelhead to hand in the 9-10# range, drifting egg sacks in the middle to upper sections! Tomorrow's forecast is for cloudy skies, high of 17 F, winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

22° / Clouds

Sunrise: 7:37am

Sunset: 4:42pm

531 CFS Pineville Gauge

300 CFS Dam Release

Clouds