That’s certainly the case right now in northern New Hampshire’s Connecticut Lakes Region. The fish may be there, and fishing season has technically started, but just because the calendar says that the trout and salmon should be biting, that is not always the case. Lots of casting with little reward, but then, that next cast might just be the one that pays off …
Well, Noah would have constructed his ark after weather like we had yesterday – 1.5″ of rain yesterday alone, and on top of the already considerable spring freshet that we were experiencing, the Connecticut River has become a wild and wooly place once again. The picture above is of the auxiliary spillway at Murphy Dam on Lake Francis. A tremendous amount of water flowing through there this morning, in addition to the 950 CFS that is recorded coming through the dam.
It’s more than three feet, Johnny Cash, and it might not yet be done rising. This is especially true at Lake Francis boat launch, where it is rare for the water level to be so high. The Connecticut Lakes are nearly totally full or overflowing, meaning that the river flows are correspondingly high below the lakes, and there’s still some snowmelt coming in from the northern part of town too. In other words, we’re not out of the woods yet.