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Thread: Lower Sac Pulse Flows

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    Default Lower Sac Pulse Flows

    Anyone planning on fishing the Lower Sac should be aware that the Bureau of Reclamation is doing pulse releases from Shasta Dam.

    https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/news-release/4494

    I had a trip planned for Monday and had to cancel at the last minute when the flows went from 4,500 to 9,000 CFS.
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    Saw 10 trailers at Bonnyview when I went to CostCo this morning. The guides are still pounding it.

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    My son and I fished there over the weekend with flows ~4500, up from 3150 April 21. Water was off-color, but viz was still 4ft or so. The pulse-flows could dump mud into the river from the lake or previously dry banks, and changing flows often puts the fish off for a few days. Higher water will spread the fish so they are not all seeing the same bugs from the parade of drift boats.

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    The river was at 8500 when I crossed it yesterday. About as clear as it was at 4500, and just as many guides boats as usual. It looked very fishable. Unfortunately, I won't get the chance to fish it until next week, but guides I know are doing just as well at 8500 as they were at 4500, meaning pretty good.
    Last edited by WLREDBAND; 04-27-2023 at 06:41 AM.

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    The flows were bumped to 10K CFS today

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    So these are pulse flows to help flush the juvenile salmon downriver, except water users can suck up as much of the flows as they want? Interesting.

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    I was a day ahead of myself flows went up to 10 today (4/30). The river is at 13k at the Bend Bridge and yesterday afternoon it was muddy color, Cottonwood Creek was flowing very muddy water

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