Ontario drought

[anonomoose]

I just got back from northern Ontario where the water levels are the lowest they have been in decades. One week produced NO rain...none. The locals all say that they had no snow all winter, and that the snowmobile trails were closed...lack of snow...not groomed even once, and I think that they said they had a total of 28 inches of snow all winter long....I don't recall hearing about this drought last winter.

That place is a fire ready to happen.

Fishing was fabulous, with one right after another type of fishing with artificial baits every single day...it was crazy good.


The good news is that it was so hot (92-94 degrees) that the biting bugs could not cope with it and you could go anywhere and not use spray. Water temps normally in the low to mid 50's this time of year were mid to upper 70's and you could go swimming in the coldest (normally) waters.

Bet this has something to do with BP....I just know it!!

 

[ubee]

Ya really bad by Shebandowan ont, 70 miles west of Thunder bay. lots of good spawning grounds high and dry!

 

[rp7x]

low water

any body know what it's like around mine center that east of fort francis head that way soon

 

[anonomoose]

Be prepared to be disappointed in the water level, unless the water you fish is from ground water springs and not run off...and there is a difference. Any run off water streams, river, and lakes are down 2 feet or more...some places as much as 5 feet lower in the rivers.

That means any shallow water you ran in last year will be sticking out of the water this year.

 

[tequilamonsta]

Definitely low in a lot of places up here and it gets worse the farther north you go. But we're slowly coming up and welcoming every drop of rain that falls. http://www.lwcb.ca will have all the data about water levels. You just have to figure out which basin your lake is in and/or which control point its monitored at.

 

[snobuilder]

and I thought this was some new beer i should try,....guess that would be draught....