Thread: Broken Bow archives

Haven't been back since the week before Easter. Current level is 7' above normal and rising, with more rain coming. River was still coming over the slab at Smithville a couple of days ago. If they don't start letting some water out, it's going to hard to launch a boat on the north end.

Dangit, hate to hear that.

A little over 1100 CFS being released for the last 4 days.

Just curious if you guy had flooding in the recent years?
, long periods of open gates, thats when we seem to loose our fish count up here on Kaw,

Fished about a half a day today. Spent most of my time around Sand Springs Bend playing with some new electronics. Caught a few small males off the bank in some of the pockets, 1 14" female that still had eggs. Went back to the river, late. Caught 5 ranging from 13" to 15" in about 10 minutes from one spot, but had to come in before I could work any more areas. Fish were still on standing timber on the river channel, 10' to 12' deep in 20'+ water.

Water temp was 67deg. Water in the river is murky, main lake is clear. Still plenty of boats on the water, as well.

Dstreet- I don't think fish numbers are down on Broken Bow, it's just that weather and water levels have the fish patterning differently than normal. There was a record flood in 2009 that topped the emergency spillway for the first time ever. The fishing after the flood was as good as it had ever been.

Originally Posted by Mountain Fork

Dstreet- I don't think fish numbers are down on Broken Bow, it's just that weather and water levels have the fish patterning differently than normal. There was a record flood in 2009 that topped the emergency spillway for the first time ever. The fishing after the flood was as good as it had ever been.

I was fly fishing the Lower Mountain fork the day the rain started. They made us pack up and leave the cabins in Honobia. Its taken a couple of years to get that fishery back in order.

Water temp was 62 in bee yesterday