Bellevue Tournament

[Limit]

There have been some concerns about the river level for the upcoming Bellevue tournament. The river is high, but that is no surprise for any spring river event. Currently the level is 16.9' and cresting at Bellevue, with flood stage at 17'. The chart projections have the level around 15.5' on Friday before the tournament. The ramp is operational and we are still planning on having the tournament unless there is a major change in the river level. As with any tournament be safe and have fun.

Kyle, CVWC Tournament Committee

[wingding]

Looking forward to the tourny. High water is fishable if you go looking. Just watch out for sunken boyes. They hurt. Hope we have a good turn out. wingding.

[obd6]

Thanks for the info Kyle.
No wise cracks from me, hope you get your boat problems solved.

[dbonwell]

Current water levels. FYI

[Camodog]

I love fishing as much as anybody...don't get me wrong but 16.5 foot in Bellevue and 100,00 CFM+ is not safe...I have fished the river my whole life and the only troubles, (knock on wood) that I have had is when the water is high and wild.....The river is a wild dangerous thing when it is normal flow. I know that most of us our safety conscious and think we know the rivers ins and outs...It is not so much the high water, but the flow is what gets people...nuf said,( i would always like to err on the side of caution.....)

[dbonwell]

The WAT tournament on Sunday is still a go. I've never fished the pool and don't know what it takes to be too dangerous?? I'll be there on Friday prefishing.

[Camodog]

Sorry for the bad info...I meant 165,000+ CFM

[wingding]

O.K. high water is tough. novic fisherman as we are in cvwc we'll execute all caution. Fishing will be hard but the best anglers will come up with some fish. Good luck guys. Be slow and safe. If tourny is canceled would like to see a fall river tourny along with the ones we got schedualed. jd.

[Camodog]

Just in case anyone wonders who camodog is, Tom Schmitt here....Not trying to scare anyone about the river but I am willing to bet NOT many of us have had a lot of experience in 165,000 CFM, much less, (I am guessing), in a pool that most do not have a lot of experience on...Me included, I know on Pool 9 when its 120,000 its ripping, and I have seen bad things happen to good, well intentioned people..

If it is decided to fish, lets do it, I love fishing the Mississippi, but safety is critical...I am sure our tournament director can attest to high water river fishing dangers..

Glad everything turned out OK Kyle, except a little lighter in the pocketbook, boats can be fixed, it could have been a lot worse.....

[dbonwell]

Update: Looks like it's going down for the weekend
http://water.weather.gov/resources/h.yd ... vi4_hg.png

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