Fox Chain O'Lakes level's & bridge clearance official thread

[lefty]

Is it open water, looking to take out a boat and do some fishing.

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

Is it open water, looking to take out a boat and do some fishing.

What do you fish for?

I just got home from spending 8hrs musky fishing further south on the fox.

 

[PANDA]

Is it open water, looking to take out a boat and do some fishing.

I can't speak for the lakes but the lower river is open.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Lakes are wide open

 

[Yaj Yak]

I've seen a few boats

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

State funding steps up Fox River dam removal projects

www.kcchronicle.com

 

[Yaj Yak]

Down yonder. I dig it.

That riverboat is a thing no one wants to talk about tho

 

[OffshoreDrilling]

I’m really curious what would actually happen to water levels with the dams knocked out. There’s an impressive amount of water coming over most of the time.

 

[Yaj Yak]

chain is still llooooow.

which is better than the alternative.

i also kinda wonder if "they" are keeping it low to work on the dam/or in preparation for storms, ooooorrrr to try to keep people off the chain during covid-19 without saying it.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

ooooorrrr to try to keep people off the chain during covid-19 without saying it.

Delete this before the facebook groups read it.

 

[Yaj Yak]

 

[Yaj Yak]

Delete this before the facebook groups read it.

maybe i should just tag PANDA so he can let the f-book karens he gets along with so well, know

 

[Chester Copperpot]

 

[Yaj Yak]

Kinda related to this thread?

With the higher water levels, I decided to venture through the channel which goes by choppers. I've snowmobiled it back in the day but never boated it.

Pretty fucking neat. Now having done it I think I would give it a go at "normal" levels in my pontoon also.

Don't think I'd try it in an IO or something the size of my formula.

 

[Yaj Yak]

this is where im talkin bout for those curious.

also, looks like the lakes JUST missed being closed...

 

[Yaj Yak]

within a C hair.

hopefully the rain tonight doesn't do too much.

 

[PANDA]

Well according to predictions Lower Fox River is going to raise to the highest its been since the 2017 record flood. We are at 5.53ft now and its supposed to rise to 6.2ft. 7.7ft is the record from 2017. Right now we arnt much higher than we were a few weeks ago and numerous times last year. I think river is doing alright now but weekend rain could really do some damage.

 

[PANDA]

Whats more interesting is the flooding elsewhere. This house is probably a quarter mile from me. The creek its on his usually about 4-6ft wide and probably no more than a foot deep. It winds through Barrington Hills and empties out into the Fox River just south of my bay. I never seen it this high. It is currently causing more damage than the fox river.

Northwest Suburban Couple Facing Flooding With Fox River Still Rising

The Fox River is still rising, turning a northwest suburban couple's dream home into a disaster.

chicago.cbslocal.com

 

[Yaj Yak]

i think we will see the lakes close by the weekend possibly... the chain came up a lot last night.

i can't imagine how busy geneva is going to be this weekend.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Another Spring Chain closure??? You don't say?!?!?

 

[Yaj Yak]

Another Spring Chain closure??? You don't say?!?!?

feels almost more common in october at this point.

 

[Yaj Yak]

Another Spring Chain closure??? You don't say?!?!?

does your family's place ever get sketchy with water?

 

[Chester Copperpot]

The ponds around my neighborhood are almost spilling over and they're normally 1-2 feet beneath the grass line. Even little creeks around the area that don't flow to the river are also white water rapids at this point. That 8" of rain we got flooded fucking everything.

 

[Yaj Yak]

The ponds around my neighborhood are almost spilling over and they're normally 1-2 feet beneath the grass line. Even little creeks around the area that don't flow to the river are also white water rapids at this point. That 8" of rain we got flooded fucking everything.

right, the bigger issue is these storms we keep getting where we get 4-6 inches of rain in a day or two.

that's bad.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I'll have to take a picture of the pond on the main entry way, then again once it's back down. I've never seen this fucking thing this high, even compared to the 2015-2017 floods.