Officials begin lowering Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence River

[salmoseine]

https://www.rochesterfirst.com/new-york-state/officials-begin-lowering-lake-ontario-st-lawrence-river/

[LongLine]

Too bad Roch 1st didn't read the press release.  They're going to keep the water level UP. 

[GAMBLER]

18 hours ago, LongLine said:

Too bad Roch 1st didn't read the press release.  They're going to keep the water level UP. 

Get ready for flooding next spring.  A winter prediction of good winter + high lake going into winter = lots of water!  

[greenhornet73]

I was on the river last weekend and the water level is down almost 5’.  I don’t know how low they typically lower it each year but it is definitely down quite a bit.

[HB2]

I heard thru the grapevine they want to drop it another 1.5 ft . 

 

I'd rather have it on the high side , but not to cause damage .

 

It dropping fast now .  

[lost a lure]

8 hours ago, greenhornet73 said:

I was on the river last weekend and the water level is down almost 5’.  I don’t know how low they typically lower it each year but it is definitely down quite a bit.

What part of the river is 5" down?

[greenhornet73]

Clayton

[greenhornet73]

Definitely down over 4’ 

[GAMBLER]

1 hour ago, greenhornet73 said:

Definitely down over 4’ 

The lake has only fluctuated 3' all season.  

 

Water Level Data (army.mil)

[LongLine]

Corps shows a 0.6 meter drop at Rochester from 1 Oct to 29 Oct.  Drop at Coburg 0.5 meter for same time period.  Outflow of St Lawrence is 266,600 cfs which is lowest since May.

 

Has there been a strong East or North wind?  

 

How has the precipitation been in the Ottawa River Basin this year? That's the main driver of Big-O water level.  All that precipitation farther than 10 miles south of Big-O southern shore drains south towards the Chesapeake. 

[greenhornet73]

Has anyone been on the river lately?  I’m looking at the water line along the boulders and the dock where the boat is kept and I can’t reach the water with my hand if I lay down on the dock. I know because I dropped my $120 cutco fillet knife into the drink while loading gear on the boat and couldn’t retrieve it because our net wasn’t long enough to dredge the bottom 😥

[dgio67]

I was on the river last weekend.  I would say its down at least 2 feet.  We had to change where we launched.  You can see it on the rocks where the water normally is.