Mt. Nusatsum

Mt. Nusatsum

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Bella Coola River Low

Bella Coola River today
It might be the calm before the fall storm, but right now the Bella Coola River is really low for a fall flow.  We haven't had a huge amount of rain in September and the nights at elevation have been quite cool, even below 0 C in the glacier and snow pack level, so the only possible effect of that is to see the river drop.  It's a nice colour for fishing, but third hand information suggests the coho run is not spectacular this year.  If we don't get the 100 mm plus of rain they are forecasting on the coast (check Environment Canada Bella Bella) in the next few days it would be a great level for fishing, but we are moving into the "borrowed time" region of September now, any day without a monsoon is a good one.  The next few days might change the look of the Bella Coola River.  Grizzly

2 comments:

  1. I REALLY appreciate your updates and hope you are inspired to continue for a very long time. I live some 15 hours+ driving time from your location, and look forward to every update.

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  2. Rain coming soon I bet, it will be great to see the difference

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