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the only way to become really familiar with the graphs for, say the 4-5 rivers you fish is to watch them constantly while spending time on the water fishing, when you are successful remember that magic number and dont forget it. When looking at the weekly data compare the levels to the previous weeks/months/years to get an idea what level its at compared to high and low water periods. In As said above, when there is a steep upward spike it usually means muddy water, but always compare to older data because what looks like a big spike can turn out to be a 3cm rise. There are some larger rivers that rise and dirty up much more gradually, some are always fishable and dont dirty up. Every river is unique in some way and experience on the water is important to learning how they act, with some a "blowout" is 4 meters higher then normal, while some it is only 1-2 feet and some smaller creeks only 10-20 cm. When you become familiar with your river(s) you can get a pretty good idea of what point they are fishable when on the drop (that being said, there are still those times when you are completely wrong).  

For the "South" area, 7.5-7.8 is about as low as it gets, in early fall when the water table is low a big spike might be to 8.2-8.3 with the water being unfishable, while in the winter months when it is holding lots of water it is usually on the clear side at that level. It can have fishable vis sometimes even when its over 9. If you look on the graph at the April blowout there, thats probably about the highest you will see it, while the data from summer 2012 shows you (likely) the lowest levels ever seen 

 that were trying to snag a rainbow.

Thats when you politely tell them you are going to break their rod and then their neck, 9 times out of 10 they will smarten up lol

Fishing has been steady for me this fall. Since the water has been high it has been hard to time a big push of fish, most days the fish have been relatively scattered, a few here a few there but nothing to write home about. While theres been no crazy number days the size of the fish has made up for it..

The record numbers of fish seen across most of Southern Ontario in the fall of 2011/2012 was partly due to cool summers in 2008 and 2009 which allowed for great survival rates of the juvenile fish across the board, they were able to find suitable habitat even in the main river branches which are far too warm during a normal summer. The boatloads of 4-7lbers in the tribs in fall of 2011 would have been 2 and 3 year old fish from these 2 years. However, summers 2010, 2011 and 2012 were a much different story, at least on the tribs I fish (Lake H), these summers saw brutally hot conditions and little precipitation which resulted in the main rivers and feeder creeks nearly drying up in some instances, therefore the survival rate would be much lower and that is showing this year as there is a definate lack of small to medium size fish. Most are big mature fish that are likely the last of the 2008 years crop, Im no biologist but in my opinion next fall could be a tough one. Thankfully this past summer was cool and wet with great water levels, so we should be seeing the rewards of that in a couple years.  

Whack em and stack em! Lol!

 hi are the shinook salmons running yet? 

ahhh samins samins...... lol