Category: Behind the Boats

We just cant catch a break with the weather/wind/river level these past couple weeks. The forecast for Saturday the 5th is looking tough for being on the river. The river level will be high early in the day but continually drop throughout the day and night. This means sandbars will be more scarce and smaller.…

Alright it looks like we have a solid river level forecast heading into this weekend. We are going to remain at flood levels through Thursday and the river will begin to drop Thursday night into the weekend. Unfortunately the river isn’t expected to drop enough on Friday for great sandbar camping. We are still expected…

Due to the all the storms that swept through Wisconsin last week, river levels remain very high heading into this week. How long the river stays at flood level and how quickly it will come down still remain to be seen. Its safe to say that most of this week we will remain at flooded…

Well, the river level this weekend didn’t work out the way we hoped. The non-stop storms that have been sweeping across Wisconsin are going to make the river rise to a point where sandbars wont be available for camping. How long the river will stay at this flood level still remains to be seen, however…

The conditions for this weekend are shaping up to be difficult to predict. With the current Dam forecasts, the dam flow rate of Prairie du Sac is expected to climb to 15k cfs by Saturday. This is pretty much the peak level where we can still send overnight trips out. The river level is still…

With the heat wave slowly moving across Wisconsin, a cold front is going to sweep in behind it. This cold front arrives Monday into Tuesday, but then lingers as a stationary boundary through much of next week. Multiple rounds of strong to severe storms will be possible during the week. Basically, Monday through Wednesday are…

It looks like river levels are going to cooperate with us this weekend! The River level is going to peak on Thursday and will continuously drop throughout the weekend. Friday the river will be on the higher side but there will still be good spots to camp. Saturday conditions are shaping up to be pretty…

The river conditions this week are particularly tough to forecast with the rainfall amount and location uncertainty heading into the weekend. Currently, the river level is expected to peak tomorrow morning with the Prairie du sac dam hitting 20,000 CFS. This level is not good for overnight trips as there wont be any sandbars for…

Well… we got a little too much rain. Unfortunately, the river level is going to spike higher than we had hoped for this week. With the river coming up this much there wont be any sandbars to camp on. Currently, we don’t know exactly how high the river will be for trips this weekend but…

Rain, rain, and more rain! Storms and rain are forecasted for Monday-Wednesday. With all the rain we’ve received through central and northern Wisconsin, the river levels are going to spike. Currently it looks like levels will rise to where sandbars will be very scarce and small by Tuesday night. When the river will return to…