Short of gun shows  (big $$$$) and a few shops that save it for " valued customers"  any ammo  other than shot gun slugs is like like an Atlantic Salmon.   You hear on someone gettin some, but never actually see it in person.  At the last gun show a brick  (550 rounds)   of .22 which used to be $17 was about $120.

Kinda figured this would be the week- complete with a fresh bunch of fish.
    High water is not for many of us- makes a tough trip even if ya do manage to score-heck -even DSR closed  for  Customer safety.
  Those drops wont be picking their way back to the Lake- they will be buzzing.

Clint, dont know myself first hand but id like to see myself firsthand whats left in the upper reaches of the basin. Maybe a little something left to run off??? Regardless, after this shot of warm weather we're back to high forties and low fifties for highs and cold nights.... water temp may only be in the low forties for the first of may????

Brookfield bumped it to 2100 again and now warm rain today. Temp didnt even go below 60 last night. Tug must be melting off the last of its bulk. These water levels are definitely promoting healthy undisturbed natural spawning...

2590 and still climbing at pineville... could this rain coming cause flood stage??? Maybe 5000????

Thats too bad bear... im sure you'll have time for one more shot...

Poor water management. Everything else blew out twice in the past 3 weeks and now are stabilized with good flows. Although the salmon has been running high, i wouldnt say its blown out yet this season at all. One of these days brookfield should lobby to get a flow gauge set up on the upstream side of the dam at all inlets. They would end up benefitting power wise as well as they would not waste any water/$$$$$$$

wow, hope it doesn't do another "biblical" flood like they have in the last few years

I saw something on FB saying emergency release 6-8K.  DSR closed.

Pineville just hit 3500... give it a few hours. I'll be shocked if its not 6k.... crazy to think this resulted without any rain... everyone knew how much snow there was up there. I was happy to see the 2100 release this morning. Was gonna pull some rapalas along some undercut banks with my son... now this. Again, i hope all are safe. Luckily it was 2100a at first light so most anglers this morning most likely didnt wade too deep or cross

ye ha
everyone in the arc

I realize September is far off but save some of that water for this fall.

Just took a ride there are spotty downpours here and there... Doppler is showing precipitation throughout the region past the tug... man this could get ugly... there goes what was looking like a picture perfect end of a steelhead season

Yup, bumping it to 5500 clint... they may evacuate altmar in the low lying areas...

Yep close to 8k  and it looks like it has not quite crested yet.   Last year we were bit(hing they let out too much this year not enough.   C,mon though  at least last year it was somewhat out of their hands when it did not rain all summer.    It does not take a college ejumukated phd to know snow pack = water and 70 degrees =  melting fast.   They do know how to party though.
 
How will this affect  the spawn (I know there is little natural anyway ;0)  )    Will it wash out redds .   Will they have a tough time finding gravel.........

Not defending anyone but could it be that they lowered the flow last week as a result of complaints from anglers and more likely businesses that make money off anglers.
At a time when they had water to flush at 1800 they dropped it to 1250.
That I am sure added many anglers and many dollars to the area.
Also as Clint pointed out they were hammered last year about the low flows.
Now in reality saving water now would only be a PR feel good solution since the res can't hold enough to make a difference if there are no Aug or early Sept rains
Then when they saw a forcast that could have made for a major disaster they opened the gates in an attempt to make room for a possisble influx to the res that would happen in several days or a week when the tug trickles had swollen and began really dumping into it.
Kind of dammed if you do dammed if you don't.
If Dawn's basement doesn't fill with spawners again it would seem as if they played the middle as best they could.
Now giggle amongst yourselves and let my bashing begin.
 
Signed
The Devil's Advocate