pxatim
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Here’s a list information, weather and USGS sites to help the uniformed angler make an educated decision on his or her own.
Walnut Water Gauge
Feel free to post what you believe is a good CFS for prime flow and fishing conditions.
From MikeG
The discharge is only one of the many things that will come into play when I state the creeks are "perfect", but is most likely the most important.
I have been paying close attention to this gauge all year, and can tell you that the "best" discharge would be around 70-80 CFS. But I have also found that the best time to fish is during the "drop". When they start dropping I think the fish have had time to adjust and are starting to feed heavily and are on the move.
From deelinsteel
I've been watching these guages for a few years now and can tell you the discharge is the most important, and you can kinda figure it out from looking at it. Just look at the peaks and the lows and you can determine what the flow is like. Over 100 is high, anything lower than that is okay until you get to like the 40's. You should be able to think about it and can figure what other streams in the area would be like too...
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/uv/?site_no=04213152&;
Brandy Run Guage
Though this is a small creek but it can be a good tool to gauge the levels of Elk after a storm. In my experience 6 CFS is a low with a little flow, 8-10 is good flow and very fishable. 10-12 can be almost perfect flow and color unless it is rising from rainfall. 12-14 still high but fishable and anything above 14 is pretty much blown out.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/uv?cb_00065=on&cb_00060=on&format=gif_default&period=2&site_no=04213075
Again… feel free to post what you believe is a good CFS for prime flow and fishing conditions.
Good weather site for Erie
IMO more accurate than weather.com and more tools.
http://www.wunderground.com/US/PA/Erie.html
Based upon the above data and hopefully the posts that follow you will be able to make a decision on whether or not “It is worth it”.
If you so chose to use it there is a web cam available for now
http://www.unclejohnselkcreekcamp.com/Web%20Cam.htm
Local Bait Shops you can call for current stream conditions
Follys 814-474-5730
Poor Richards 814-474-5623
BAC 814-835-0581
East End Angler 814-898-3474
Based upon the above data and hopefully the posts that follow you will be able to make a decision on whether or not “It is worth it” depending on what you determine as fishable.
Another suggestion would be, after you get back from a weekend of fishing, check the gauges and see what the water levels and flows were at. Write it down and keep a notebook perhaps. Then you will have a better bearing on what the conditions are like.
< Message edited by pxatim -- 10/2/2009 9:05:35 PM >
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