A Great Resource Before You Go To Your “Secret Fishing Hole”
With gas prices continuing to increase a fisherman can sometimes be swayed to stay at home due to iffy weather or uncertainty about what condition a stream is in. Sources estimate that the price per gallon of gasoline will continue to increase into the spring/summer months. With that in mind every angler should take advantage of an invaluable resource provided by the U.S. Geological Survey government website.
Essentially what this website does for an angler is that it will provide graphic and statistical data to help you determine what the stream will look like when you arrive to suit up. Some people do not have the luxury of being in close proximity to blue-ribbon stream(s). This forces an angler to make a decision to take day off or heaven forbid we “call in sick.” By using this resource it will take some of the guessing game out of determining whether or not to make the long haul in a car or to spend some of your hard earned money on that black evil, we know as gasoline.
My computer is littered with countless bookmarks to be one click away from getting an accurate reading of real-time current stream flows of some of the wonderful fishing options that I have around me in Pennsylvania. Pictured below is the graph that will pop up and the data given from each specific stream gauge found around the United States.
Most anglers are aware of this exceptional resource but sometimes we forget to take advantage of something that is so easy to read and completely free of charge! If this is a new resource to you, have fun with it and use it to make your decision on whether it will be worth or not to spend some time on the water.
Min (1992)
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25th percentile
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Median
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Mean
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75th percentile
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Most Recent Instantaneous Value Feb. 16
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Max
(2005)
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33
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46
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55
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63
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77
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83
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133
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