Daily fishing verdict · 2026-08-06
Gauge data's missing, but DO tells enough of the story.
With 86 samples logged, the river's dissolved oxygen maxed at just 3.3 mg/L over the past 24 hours — there's no afternoon recovery window here, and smallmouth are genuinely stressed around the clock. Air temps are pleasant and pressure is steady, but until something breaks the oxygen picture, I'd manage expectations. Hard to say much more without flow or temp readings today.
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