Billy Bob Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Went crappie fishing Wed and the water level at Chautauqua Lake was incredibly HIGH...so high I was basically launching my boat from the parking lot.....areas that I use to drift for walleyes in 11 FOW was now 16-17 feet deep... Here's a couple of pics of the launch area... Now I heard from my fishing partner that's also a outdoor writer that if we get anymore rain some of the Finger Lakes may be closed to boating....this happened a few years ago on Oneida Lake and I am planning on fishing the walleye opener there next Saturday. So how are the water levels where you guys are.....water still down from last year or maybe now too much water like we have this year. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Never ever to high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercman Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 The big river is a bit high, but they usually control that by opening and closing gates just west of Montreal.After that big wind we got yesterday, the water looks more like chocolate milk than water.I have never seen waves as high as what i saw yesterday.The wind direction pushed the water along with the current, and lifted huge whitecaps off the top. Some of the smaller tribs are quite high though.The Richilieu is 4-6 feet higher than normal and there is some flooding in lower areas. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted April 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Never ever to high It is if you have property on a lake or river.....flood waters are responsible for more damage than anything else nature can throw at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BITEME Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 It is if you have property on a lake or river.....flood waters are responsible for more damage than anything else nature can throw at you. I think there could be a lesson there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 the levels may be up now but I know that georgian bay levels are back to their low...with a good east wind they reach 1964 levels ....on the east side ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Still too low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike rousseau Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 St. Lawrence river is up at least a foot from normal above the Dam in Cornwall... I'm fishing carp right now and my chair in sitting in water where it should be high and dry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Theres Walleye in Chatauqua? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spincast Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 Went crappie fishing Wed and the water level at Chautauqua Lake was incredibly HIGH...so high I was basically launching my boat from the parking lot.....areas that I use to drift for walleyes in 11 FOW was now 16-17 feet deep... Here's a couple of pics of the launch area... Now I heard from my fishing partner that's also a outdoor writer that if we get anymore rain some of the Finger Lakes may be closed to boating....this happened a few years ago on Oneida Lake and I am planning on fishing the walleye opener there next Saturday. So how are the water levels where you guys are.....water still down from last year or maybe now too much water like we have this year. Bob Good things its not any higher Bob - or else those bearings would be getting wet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jer Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 No, just pickerel, but americans call them walleye. Good things its not any higher Bob - or else those bearings would be getting wet Now that's why I love this place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Now that's why I love this place... ME TOO.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Bob Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Theres Walleye in Chatauqua? Not sure about Chatauqua......but there are in Chautauqua Lake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucktail Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Check this site out for some near real time Great Lakes levels. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/now/wlevels/levels.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeXXington Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Lake Huron looks even lower this year,, Up near Kincardine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaque Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Not sure about Chatauqua......but there are in Chautauqua Lake... I havent found a good walleye bite on that lake for.....i dont even know how long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 The Honey Harbour area of Georgian Bay was really low on the weekend, that east wind that killed the bite was no help either. There wasn't too much snow over the winter so that doesn't help either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 (edited) Lake Nipissing? So whatz up this year guys n gals? Goin up last week of May Edited May 10, 2011 by JimC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Same thing down here. All the dams and reservoirs are extremely high. Local major dam has some of the launches closed due to the high water. And, of course, they're all muddy due to all the run off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Ivan Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 Theres Walleye in Chatauqua? And Muskies too! I was there for a Muskies Cda. can-am years ago. Nice place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCTFisher9120 Posted May 7, 2011 Report Share Posted May 7, 2011 It is if you have property on a lake or river.....flood waters are responsible for more damage than anything else nature can throw at you. Part of nature, it's not the water's fault it's ours for developing too close....Hope I never see that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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