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Fishing Reports
Bow River - Daily Report
April 02, 2005
Posted by Bow River Shuttles
Email: michelle@bowrivershuttles.com
Current Report
River Report & Fishing
Conditions - DAILY - Friday
April 01, 2005
1. River Traffic
2(a). Water
Conditions/Fishing Conditions
2(b). Boat Launch
Conditions - McKinnon Flats
3. River Flow Rate (m3/s)
4. Water Temperature
5. Weather
6. River Etiquette**
7. Today's Quote
1. River Traffic
Where folks were fishing
today:
Glenmore to Policeman's
Flats: 40%
22X to Policeman's Flats:
20%
Policeman's Flats to
McKinnon Flats: 40%
2(a). Water
Conditions/Fishing
Conditions
Pol/McK: Very windy. Used
streamers all day. Bow River
Bugger. Good results. Caught
1/2 dozen each. Both
rainbows & browns. Water
crystal clear at the start,
but clouded up throughout
the day. Likely silt from
runoff from the bluffs.
THANKS TO DAVID SANDWITH.
2(b)Boat Launch Conditions -
McKinnon Flats
The ice shelf still covers
the entire width of the boat
launch, and then some.
However, the band is getting
narrower as the ice rots and
melts. It has receeded both
from the parking lot side,
as well as from the river
side. It is now about 12
paces deep. And, in the
middle, it now drops off
about 3.5 feet. At the
downstream side of the
launch, directly in front of
the small posts, it has
collapsed to within a foot
or so of the river bottom.
It is here that a very small
number of folks have been
dragging up their canoes,
pontoon boats and aluminum
boats. Unless you own one of
these types of water crafts,
you probably still would not
want to try to take out
here. Depends on how you
feel about the bottom of
your boat!
There are now several feet
of dry river bottom gravel
between the ice shelf and
the water.
3. River Flow Rate (m3/s)
Noon today: 60.23 cms
Historical average this
date: 50 cms approx
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4. Water Temperature
Bow River below Carseland
Dam: Noon today: not
available
The water above the Weir
should be somewhat cooler.
5. Weather
Today:
High today: 15°C
Wind: 17 km/h
Max Wind Speed: 56 km/h
Tomorrow, Saturday:
A few clouds, high 8
The strong wind is expected
to die down Friday night,
and in behind a cold front,
there will be cooler air for
Saturday. Temperatures will
be 5 to 8 degrees cooler
Saturday compared to Friday.
Milder weather returns
Sunday, with double digit
high temperatures. The
temperature continues its
ups and downs into the first
part of the week. cfcn.ca
Five Day Forecast:
http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca
/forecast/city_e.html?yyc
6. River Etiquette**
In general, keep in mind
that fly fishermen, like
other outdoor people, value
the peace, quiet and
solitude their sport offers.
Allow others as much space
as possible based on the
situation. If you see
someone fishing a pool and
there is no one else in
sight, keep looking for an
unoccupied stretch of water
to give the other angler his
space.
7. Today's Quote
"Listen to the sound of the
river and you will get a
trout." - Irish Proverb
I am pleased to provide
this "Daily Report" as an
exclusive service to my
regular customers.
Outdoor writer Bob Scammell
has this to say about my
reports in his
column "Keeping tabs on Bow
easier than ever" in the
Calgary Herald September 30,
2004:
"Is the fall fishing the
best in years, or does it
just seem that good after
the poor fishing in the
spring and summer that never
arrived?
It has become much easier to
keep tabs on the Bow through
the daily or weekly e-mail
reports of Michelle
Magotiaux of Bow River
Shuttles
(michelle@bowrivershuttles.co
m).
The excellent daily
production gives interesting
and useful information on
the day before on the lower
Bow, including flow rates,
water clarity and
temperature, floating weed
conditions and short-term
weather predictions. There
is also a calculation by
percentage of where the
angling pressure was the day
before on various sections
of the river.
Recently, a feature has been
reports from anglers on how
they did on the river the
day before."
Kindest regards,
Michelle Magotiaux
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