Lower American River is going up Friday........Feb 5, 2016

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Project: Nimbus Dam

Please make the following release changes to the American River.


Date Time From (cfs) To (cfs)

On Friday 02/05/2016 @ 01:00am from 800 cfs to 1,750 cfs


Comment: Storage management

Issued by: Randi Field

[SeanO]

Very nice!

Project: Nimbus Dam

Please make the following release changes to the American River.


Date Time From (cfs) To (cfs)

On Friday 02/05/2016 @ 01:00am from 800 cfs to 1,750 cfs


Comment: Storage management

Issued by: Randi Field

[Mark Kranhold]

Perfect flow for some fresh steel!

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I love that flow......hope it does not go a lot higher.

February is a top month in the Lower American River for Steelhead.

[SeanO]

I love that flow......hope it does not go a lot higher.

February is a top month in the Lower American River for Steelhead.

Might even be worth bringing the boat over there with the increased flows!

[Sheepdog8404]

Awesome! Looks like I need to pick up some heavier tips! Bill, do you know if this is a long term flow increase? I've heard that sometimes they will do a big flush like that for just a couple days and then decrease the flows again. Not sure if there's any validity to this.

[STEELIES/26c3]

The river will likely remain at that flow for a while and any change will be a higher flow not a reduced one.

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

The river will likely remain at that flow for a while and any change will be a higher flow not a reduced one.

I agree......

1700cfs is a wonderful flow to wade and/or float.

[winxp_man]

Fish might go nuts with this flow and the bite will probably slow down. Either way I will be out next week a few times hopefully!

[SteelieD]

I'm an American river newb... How's this going to affect the fishing in the short term? Was planning to put some time in this weekend. thanks