Frog Bayou Gage Does Not Correlate
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:34 am
Hey all,
Wanted to let everyone in on this, Frog is good at 2.7 on the OWP Gage Page which right now says that is too low to run.
There may be a few locals who can back me up on this, but I can tell you that I've paddled it for 7 yrs and it's our " back yard " run.
Rod C. and I have noticed for at least 1 yr the gage correlation is off again. I remember the last time Fish adjusted the levels for Frog. Fish if you read this, you know that pretty much what we learned about Frog's level correlation we learned from paddling it with you.
At 2.6- 2.7 on the gage the rapid called "Pourover Rapid" is still pumped pretty well. The first big pourover rock only has maybe 6"-8" inches showing at the top. At 1.9 on the gage we paddled it once and thats about as low as I would want to.
But still, it was doable.
We think that the correlation is off about .7 to .8 ft. At 2.7 it feels more like 3.4. to 3.5, especially on the better rapids
like "Pourover Rapid" and "Canyon Rapid". At the put-in and take-out its harder to tell the way they have changed so in recent years. Thats probably why this has gone so unnoticed. The gage being at the take-out.
I invite any locals to try it out and relay what they think to everyone. Right now I think its in the 2.25 range and its still doable.
We paddled it friday and it was good. The gage only read 2.69 that morning.
I personally like Frog lots better than the "Dullberry" for its superior features, squirt lines, ender holes, etc...
If you like to play "the Frogger" beats "the Dullberry"! :)
Wanted to let everyone in on this, Frog is good at 2.7 on the OWP Gage Page which right now says that is too low to run.
There may be a few locals who can back me up on this, but I can tell you that I've paddled it for 7 yrs and it's our " back yard " run.
Rod C. and I have noticed for at least 1 yr the gage correlation is off again. I remember the last time Fish adjusted the levels for Frog. Fish if you read this, you know that pretty much what we learned about Frog's level correlation we learned from paddling it with you.
At 2.6- 2.7 on the gage the rapid called "Pourover Rapid" is still pumped pretty well. The first big pourover rock only has maybe 6"-8" inches showing at the top. At 1.9 on the gage we paddled it once and thats about as low as I would want to.
But still, it was doable.
We think that the correlation is off about .7 to .8 ft. At 2.7 it feels more like 3.4. to 3.5, especially on the better rapids
like "Pourover Rapid" and "Canyon Rapid". At the put-in and take-out its harder to tell the way they have changed so in recent years. Thats probably why this has gone so unnoticed. The gage being at the take-out.
I invite any locals to try it out and relay what they think to everyone. Right now I think its in the 2.25 range and its still doable.
We paddled it friday and it was good. The gage only read 2.69 that morning.
I personally like Frog lots better than the "Dullberry" for its superior features, squirt lines, ender holes, etc...
If you like to play "the Frogger" beats "the Dullberry"! :)