When will the Potomac return to "normal"?

[Eric Antrim]

Can anybody give me an idea when the Potomac will clear up and return to "normal"?  4 or 5 days?  I tried for shad on Wednesday at Fletcher's with no luck.  I think the muddy runoff even then was a problem.  After yesterday's deluge, I'm wondering when it might clear up again.

[Rob Snowhite]

It's at 23' now at Point of Rocks. Little falls will be creating now but still have to deal with that up river surge. A good week till it starts to clear. A few days until it drops. 

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On May 17, 2014, at 6:46 PM, "'Eric Antrim' via Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders" <tidal-potoma...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Can anybody give me an idea when the Potomac will clear up and return to "normal"?  4 or 5 days?  I tried for shad on Wednesday at Fletcher's with no luck.  I think the muddy runoff even then was a problem.  After yesterday's deluge, I'm wondering when it might clear up again.

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[Misha Gill]

So much for the smallmouth bass spawn this year...

[Misha Gill]

Great Falls during the flood's peak last Saturday

[TurbineBlade]

Whoa -- that's a great pocket right behind that tree.  Probably 400 smallmouth sitting there, just waiting for someone to drop a blue popper in there!

 

I'd fish it, though I might want a trolling motor. 

 

Gene

[Carl Z.]

A good site that can help answer this question is the "predicted" height at the LF gauge.  

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lwx&gage=brkm2

This takes into acount some modeling and measurement of upstream readings.  It is interesting to notice the difference in how the river responds when we get a big storm here, but the headwaters don't and when the storm is regional and the headwaters get hammered too.  

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[Carl Z.]

So what's type of bird is that flying in the picture :-)

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Misha Gill <mish...@gmail.com> wrote:

Great Falls during the flood's peak last Saturday

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