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If anyone has looked at the weather lately there is no sign of rain for at least a week and mid 80's all week!!!!

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Sweet. Maybe I can hit more spots. The prop has been taking a little damage lately smile

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The river is down about as far as it will go for a bit. You will see the flow slow down some more before she goes any lower, and that won't be much.

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Its been high upstream here all year GraniteFalls area,Still is! they seem to be just giveing you guys downstream just enough water to meet min flow requirements.I wonder why?

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Oh now you jet fellas are just getting greedy...there's already plenty of water that doesn't see a prop after it's this low! Let us have some fun too! smile

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goota love the go devil, the river around here is about were it normally this time of year holes are 10-15' and the straights are 2-5' some shallower

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Oh now you jet fellas are just getting greedy

Greedy would be wishing for another 2 feet gringrin

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The thing is with jet boats, if you get too brave and end up getting it stuck, it just might be stuck for a LONG time. You will either be in for a bunch of digging or having to do a rain dance. smile

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Been there ,done that , won't happen again....I hope

Makes for a good story though! wink

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Oh now you jet fellas are just getting greedy

Greedy would be wishing for another 2 feet gringrin

I Love it! Genius!

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gettin stuck in the dark would really suck. make sure you follow you gps trail back especially with the fog and low water.

ba a good idea to big hip boots here on out.

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Tried the GPS thing one night, doesn't do any good in my book. I still ended up on the wrong side of the river. Just take it slow and easy is the best thing, even in the RP.No speedo's though, then the samsquach reports start up again. sick

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Just take it slow and easy is the best thing, even in the RP.

Just need to emphasize that wink

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Originally Posted By: Papa Grump
Just take it slow and easy is the best thing, even in the RP.

Just need to emphasize that wink

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  • 2 weeks later...

Jordan at 4.7 feet today!!!!!!

Flow more than 700 cfs below normal!!!!!!

Be careful anywhere out there.

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down to 4.5 at Jordan and falling!!!!

I will do my rain dance after the fall walleye bite.

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down to 4.5 at Jordan and falling!!!!

I will do my rain dance after the fall walleye bite.

It cant drop much more, there wont be any flow, not that the water is moving much anyhow.

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When I was out of LeSeuer yesterday, it seemed by the bridge there was a bit of flow as I had to anchor or I would have drifted fairly fast. The current seam seemed to move fairly well.

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The Morton dam just its all time low last week,the upstream dams are also droppin to norm levels for this time of year.They been all time highs till 10-15 days ago.

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