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09-26-2023, 04:47 PM
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Southern Reservoirs Lately?
Anyone been down to Newell or any of the southern reservoirs in the past week or so? Just wondering if everything is still WAY below normal levels or if they've started to rise again...? As our minds drift to ice season, I'm concerned that my favourite walleye spots are going to be useless this winter...
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09-26-2023, 06:32 PM
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Nothing is going up until next spring. Here is hoping for huge dumps this winter and a good 3-4 day rain event in the spring.
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09-26-2023, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Wes_G
Nothing is going up until next spring. Here is hoping for huge dumps this winter and a good 3-4 day rain event in the spring.
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I agree. My time for the season is done. It was a good last week at CVR.
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09-26-2023, 07:23 PM
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This is going to mess up a lot of guys ice fishing seasons, a lot of areas where I normally setup for pike are probably going to be dry land. The other thing is not sure how it will impact the fish but cramming all the fish into maybe a third or less in some lakes) of what they normally have for space will that lead to better fishing or the predators being all full because there is food everywhere. Not sure I recall a season where the water levels are anywhere close to this low
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09-27-2023, 07:16 AM
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Nothing is going up until next spring. Here is hoping for huge dumps this winter and a good 3-4 day rain event in the spring.
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Exactly, how anyone could expect water levels to rise this fall is beyond me ..as you say we need a huge snow dump and some return to normalcy regarding rainfall if levels are to rise ..I for one would be happy with even an average snowfall, but a big one would be perfect .
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09-27-2023, 08:11 AM
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According to the website Newell is 1/3 full, Travers is 30% full and McGregor is 76%. Looks like McGregor and CV are the only two that aren't drawn way down. We need an "atmospheric river" to fill the rest so hopefully this spring.
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09-27-2023, 09:02 AM
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According to the website Newell is 1/3 full, Travers is 30% full and McGregor is 76%. Looks like McGregor and CV are the only two that aren't drawn way down. We need an "atmospheric river" to fill the rest so hopefully this spring.
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Keho is pretty much full.
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09-27-2023, 02:03 PM
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It’s a little weird how several reservoirs aren’t on the website for levels, anyone have any idea about badger or Tilley b?
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09-28-2023, 11:09 AM
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Keho is pretty much full.
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Was there yesterday and it is down a bit, still can launch but it is getting low by the launch.
Wind blew us off the water, waves coming over the bow and wind shield put a stop to the fishn in a hurry. Long drive for a roller coaster ride.
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10-01-2023, 06:52 PM
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I think you could probably walk across the entrance to Rainer bay.
Was at chainlakes res today. Easy to launch beside the second boat launch. I have a mid sized, heavy boat.
Fish were taking almost any fly i through at them.
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10-02-2023, 09:30 AM
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I think you could probably walk across the entrance to Rainer bay.
Was at chainlakes res today. Easy to launch beside the second boat launch. I have a mid sized, heavy boat.
Fish were taking almost any fly i through at them.
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What do you mean by second launch? Is it the one closest to the out house? I always thought the drop off was too steep
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10-02-2023, 11:16 AM
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They have two launch sites. One to the east of the outhouses and one to the west. Use the east side of the west one. Well worn spot. Tacoma didn’t spin or slip pulling out in two wheel drive. 17.5’ glass boat.
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10-02-2023, 11:16 AM
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To rephrase. Use the west launch. On the east side of it is a well worn path.
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10-02-2023, 11:20 AM
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Thanks that is what I used a few weeks back.
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10-03-2023, 09:41 AM
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Because of the prolonged drought, need snow and a wet spring to start filling up the reservoirs for next year. See this recent article about the situation.
- https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canad...45a4a296&ei=33
Also interesting to note, is that the St. Mary's Irrigation District is the largest irrigation district in North America.
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10-08-2023, 08:39 PM
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To rephrase. Use the west launch. On the east side of it is a well worn path.
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Yessir, we used it today. Wife aced the retrieve. Got 7 to the boat, 500 nibbles by the little twerps that would just keep bumping the hooks! ![Smile](images/smilies/smile.gif)
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10-12-2023, 02:59 PM
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man oh man... no clue where I'm going to go for quality walleyes this winter if the southern reservoirs are near empty. Man this province just sucks.
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10-13-2023, 10:42 AM
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man oh man... no clue where I'm going to go for quality walleyes this winter if the southern reservoirs are near empty. Man this province just sucks.
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Hard not to comment on that statement so I'll just say try Sask. they also have nice walleye if you take the time to search them out.
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10-13-2023, 03:52 PM
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Hard not to comment on that statement so I'll just say try Sask. they also have nice walleye if you take the time to search them out.
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f*** that province. Honestly, it's just long overdue time to move back to MB where the giant walleye are everywhere, and the number of different fish species is about 5x Alberta. But man... why can't this province have more quality trophy walleye lakes??? And manage them as such!? So brutal.
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