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Started by Onslow, June 14, 2022, 17:14:06 PM

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Onslow

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Max water temps for week ending July 23

Chattooga @ Burrells Ford - 78

Cattaloochee - 68.3

Pigeon at Canton - 75.3

Yadkin at Patterson - 79

Mills River below confluence - 74

Shavers Fork at Cheat Bridge- 78

Elk River at Webster Springs - 81

Knapp Creek - 81

Blackwater at Davis - 81

Middle Fork Tygart upper- 72.3

Little Stony at Pembroke - 72

Smith at Martinsville - 75
This was due to a low water blip. Mostly upper 60s.

Beaverkill at Cooks Falls NY- 83

Bush Kill at Shoemakers PA - 80.5

Drove through the hills yesterday via. 64.  HW temps reached 99 between Morganton and Marion. 93 Brevard, 79 between Cashiers and Highlands, and the cool spot was the ridge the Natahala and Hiwassee watershed (77).

T storms are keeping the looch cool.  T storms are rainfall are why Dixie has nice things.



Onslow

Max water temps for week ending Aug 6.

Chattooga @ Burrells Ford - 76.3

Cattaloochee - 67.7

Pigeon at Canton -75.2

Yadkin at Patterson - 79

Mills River below confluence - 73

Shavers Fork at Cheat Bridge- 73

Elk River at Webster Springs - 79

Knapp Creek @ gage - 78.5

Blackwater at Davis - 80

Middle Fork Tygart upper- 69.1

Little Stony at Pembroke - 71.5

Smith at Martinsville - 72.2

Beaverkill at Cooks Falls NY- 82

Bush Kill at Shoemakers PA - 79

Been busy and out of town.  Will be filling in the gaps later.



Onslow

Max water temps for the week ending 8/13

Chattooga @ Burrells Ford -75

Cattaloochee - 66.8

Pigeon at Canton - 74

Yadkin at Patterson - 78.5

Mills River below confluence - 71.8

Shavers Fork at Cheat Bridge- 73.5

Elk River at Webster Springs - 73.5

Knapp Creek @ gage - 77

Blackwater at Davis - 79

Middle Fork Tygart upper- 71.3

Little Stony at Pembroke - 71

Smith at Martinsville - 72.2

Beaverkill at Cooks Falls NY- 82

Bush Kill at Shoemakers PA - 82

Onslow

Max water temps for week ending 8/20.  Fall is coming!  Dogwoods are already turning in Patrick County VA.

Chattooga @ Burrells Ford - 73.5

Cattaloochee - 65.5

Pigeon at Canton - 72.3

Yadkin at Patterson - 73.3

Mills River below confluence - 69.7

Shavers Fork at Cheat Bridge- 71.5

Elk River at Webster Springs - 72.3

Knapp Creek @ gage - 74.3

Blackwater at Davis - 71.7

Middle Fork Tygart upper- 64.3

Little Stony at Pembroke - 65.5

Smith at Martinsville - 67.5

Beaverkill at Cooks Falls NY- 78

Bush Kill at Shoemakers PA - 76.5

What has been learned?

- The Pigeon above the mill is clearly viable trout water.

- Lower Smith did well this year

- Due to low Summer flows, WV streams are very vulnerable.

- There is nothing to complain about in the south in terms of water temps.

Onslow

Max temps for week ending 8/27.

Removed Knapp creek in favor of the Cranberry at Richwood.  The Cranberry is at 2130' with a drainage size of 80 square miles. It seems this stream looks better on paper than most in WV terms of water temps. Most of the streams in the upper Cheat, Tygart, and Gauley watersheds are juicy, but tend to be seasonably extreme, high in the wet season, then drop like a rock in the Summer.




Chattooga @ Burrells Ford - 73.7

Cattaloochee - 66.4

Pigeon at Canton - 72.5

Yadkin at Patterson - 75.8

Mills River below confluence - 71

Shavers Fork at Cheat Bridge- 75.2

Elk River at Webster Springs - 77

Blackwater at Davis - 76

Cranberry @ Richwood - 72

Middle Fork Tygart upper- 66.2

Little Stony at Pembroke - 67.5

Smith at Martinsville - 70

Beaverkill at Cooks Falls NY- 78.7

Bush Kill at Shoemakers PA - 76.3

Onslow

By mid June of 2022, the heat was on.  So far, things are much better this year.

Data for the Chattooga @ Burrell's Ford is no longer available.

We learned that PA, WV, NY streams do not have the benefit of Gulf moisture, are dry and hot during the Summer.

It was also discovered the Pigeon is a remarkably cool watershed.  I'm of the opinion this river can support trout down to Canton, and possibly beyond since the papermill is no longer in operation.

Max temps ending week July 2

Looch > 64.5

Davidson > 72.5

West Fork Pigeon just above Logan > 68.2

Pigeon @ Canton > 73

Yadkin River @ Patterson > 76

Smith @ Martinsville > 63

Shavers Fork @ Cheat Bridge > 72

Little Stoney above Pembroke > 64.8

Middle Fork Tygart @ Adolf> 65