Mississippi water levels

Water will come up just as it does every year

Snow melt is basically all gone from the head waters and doesn't effect the river here nearly as much as rain in the ohio valley..... Mississippi will be within 5ft of flood stage in about 2 weeks

The river rising really depends on rain in the Ohio Valley as someone else said. The river could see a large rise if you get what we call a rain on snow event. Basically the snow is starting to melt, then a bunch of rain falls which causes the snow to melt rapidly. The combination of the melting snow and rain runoff will usually cause a rise with a quick fall. If rain continues the high water will remain.

The 1st link is real time conditions for the Miss River at BR

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The 2nd is a forecast site. Does not look like they show a peak in BR yet so they are expecting it to keep rising at least into next week. There is also a 28 day forecast at the bottom but that is only updated every Wednesday.
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It'll be like 3 years ago when they were worried about it toppling the levees IMO. Record snowfalls up north and further south than normal, plus its staying frozen longer. Mid May it should start rising.

It'll flood the pits this year. Let me know when it does and I'll come fish them with you.

I used to have a badass one at an old lease, but we lost it. Its fun shite fishing them.

Found a drainage ditch Saturday that every now and then has some bar fish in it. Wass full of carp, gar, and choupique. Spent 3 hours snagging fish. Had the biggest choupique ive ever seen hit my crankbait and then break 18lb mono.

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ScottieP

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I remember you being semi-famous during the 2011 flood.

When can we expect the rive to be at its lowest, I have a sand flats in the river, behind fort Jackson, where I like to gig flounder. But the flounder are only there when the river drops and sucks in salt water.

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ScottieP

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Thanks man. That's exactly what I was looking for. I follow the first link to watch levels for lots of different bodies of water including the MS, but I didn't know what types of things up north affect it the most.

So if the snow starts melting up north in the next two weeks or so, and they get pounded by rain, we'll have higher water?

Any rain up north from this point on is going to cause a good rise. But focus on rain in the Ohio Valley.

If you look at the map of the drainage area it looks like most comes from the west. This is not true. The Missouri and the Red have reserviors and dams throughout their entire reach, which holds the water. The Miss. River gets most of its water from the Ohio River.

Also 2011 levels were historic. But it is not our of the relm for see 35 feet here in BR come late April early May.

Low water is usually Aug-Dec. with Aug-Oct being the lowest.

Against what many think, rain in Baton Rouge has no effect on the Miss River.

If I knew then what I know now there is no doubt I would have studied hydrology. I have property on the river between the Natchez and Vicksburg bridges and the force, power, and effect of water is nothing short of amazing to me.