fishing report

Gunpowder State Park officials DO have clearing the parking lots along the Gunpowder River on their work schedule, although at this point the rain coming in this evening through tomorrow, coupled with warmer temps, should alleviate the parking woes experienced over the weekend. Today, the Masemore lot is in the best shape, while upper Falls Rd., lower Falls Rd., and York Rd. lots are the worst. The stream gauge is at 75 CFs today, but it should be moving well into the high 100’s as the snow and ice melts and more spillover occurs. Water temps are still on the cool side at 38-40 today …

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On Feb. 16, 2007 Theaux added the following:Spillover this week has brought the river flow up to 145 CFs and it is dropping now to the low 100’s. Today all access points are now “plowed in” –read no access–from Upper Falls through Bluemount Rd. We will be speaking to Gunpowder State park officials today about when the lots will be cleared and will keep you posted. The air is colder than the water, at least the water that’s moving. Just ask the fish! The Gunpowder river is flowing at 58 Cfs and all of the access points are open. The river has lots of edge …

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We have spillover! We started seeing the gauge move a bit last weekend and we’ve had consistently higher flows in the 45 to 70 Cfs range since then and was 68 Cfs at 10:15 this morning-thanks USGS! No big temperature changes are afoot because we’ve had relatively cold nights without alot of warming periods during the daylight hours so nymph away, particuarly with red butts in the #12-16 range. Try small streamers along the banks and dress warmly. Thanks to Mike R. from for the following Stream Report: Rocky Yesterday was pretty good…the Masemore run was not good, only caught one but spooked a bunch …

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The river is still low and clear, at 32 Cfs. Water temps are 44F to 46F throughout the catch and release area. We’re seeing Stoneflies, as witnessed by this great shot by Jason du Pont. On brighter days, black flies and cream midges should provide some light entertainment above Falls Rd. Fish are still holding in very shallow, quiet water at the base of riffles and in flats. Long leaders ending in 6 and 7x are essential to get close enough to the fish to trick them. Stonefly nymphs in the #10-14 range are working along the banks between Bunkerhill and Big Falls Rd.

This 22″ fish, released by Jason du Pont, fell for a #18 curved shank pheasant tail after the first snow last year. Now that I have your attention, the water temps have cooled a little in the past week. Currently, the river is flowing at 32 Cfs, and water temps have cooled a bit from the a high last week of 48 F to a low this morning of 42 F. We ‘ve been finding lots of fish in riffles and shallow flats with #10-#16 Copper Johns. The fish are ambushing stoneflies nymphs along deadfalls and log jams before the nymphs can crawl out and …

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The river is low, and flowing at 28Cfs, a little off color-owing to reservoir turnover, and the water temperature has moved from the mid 40’s to 52 F. Little black stoneflies in the #16-18 range and little brown stoneflies in the #14-16 range have been spotted in the past few days from Bunkerhill road downstream through Bluemount. Fish are still holding in water we’d normally walk through, so take your time out there and be stealthy.Thanks to Capt. Jeff Lewatowski for the following report and picture. Hey Theaux, Despite low water conditions yesterday, we enjoyed a great day of fishing on the Gunpowder upstream of …

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