According to the USGS water flow data and my first hand observation the Weber flow down stream of Echo is essentially nothing! [mad] Since 15 Oct. it has been at about .68 GPS all the way down to Lost Creek which is about 9.1 GPS. How the heck can this sustain the fish population in this wonderful fishery and for how long ??? [pirate] Can they legally do this??? [unsure]
Leaky and Sparky
Yeah I noticed the same thing. This happens periodically up there. I was going to hit the Weber at Hennifer last thursday but between the USGS data show they turned the faucet completely off and the recent snow probably clouding things up further downstream from the dam I didn't even bother going fishing. There should be a minimum like 10 cfs. They go thru more water many days than that would take for a month.
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That just emphasizes my point!! It ain't 10 cfs, it's 0.68 cfs!!![mad]
Again, what is that going to do to the fishery??
Leaky and Sparky
Yes, this flow is ridiculous. It was the same way last winter. We could have some pretty decent fishing if they would even keep like 20 cfs running through there. I have no idea how those fish survive. What a waste of river!!!
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I drove by the weber yesterday on US 89. It looked like there was plenty of water coming down to me, but I just glanced at it while I was doing 60. Maybe the gauging stations are wrong?
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Hey Bud, obviously you were'nt between Echo and Croydon. There are lots of inflow sources down stream of croydon to US 89, Lost Creek, East Canyon, Gateway, etc. For example, at Gateway it's 87 cfs. You seem to discount my first hand on the river observation.[unsure] The gauging stations aren't wrong.[mad]
Leaky and Sparky
Nope. I was just at the mouth of the canyon.
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if you look right below echo there are only pools left right before the overpass. i drive up and down that canyon all the time. for my work it is not good. but if you look in some of those holes. you can see some fine browns that wont take anything. the fish will be fine it is like that every year.
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That's terrible Fred. Probably can blame it on the drought though. As of Oct 15 the secondary water users are cut off, and that is when they slow the flows out of the upper reservoirs. I don't think we can blame anyone but the the explosive growth along the front. It sucks, but if there is any silver lining to the cloud, is that the cooler temps make it easier for the trout to survive.
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It's too bad that it happens, but I have seen that stretch EXTREMELY low before. Last year there were areas of the river that were frozen solid, all the way across. [
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i grew up in Henefer we own a big part of the property that the weber runs right through and for my 28 years of life on Oct. 15 every year the water powers to be turn off echo like a person would their kitchen sink, has been that way for atleast 28 years that i know of, i agree what could be harder on the fish but the fact remains there are huge brown trout in that stretch of river and it is also excellent fishing this time of year
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