Is anyone fishing the Ringold area? I have had some reports from a few friends of mine that fishing has been picking up.

I've had some good reports but haven't tried it myself. Bankie with eggs or boatie with bait are both working. A buddy also got one on a flyrod the other day.

Fished there today for a couple hours--nada, but saw several others caught, including a dandy that was well over 30" which is a little unusual for Ringold. Last time I went I was 1 for 2 for half a day--pretty typical for me at Ringold.

FYI to anyone thinking of bank fishing ringold soon, The water level is into the trees!...whoops made that mistake today...maybe I should have known better?!(is this usual this time of year? I definatley saw it high like this durring july earlier this year.)
Anyways, Happy Holidays to everyone!

MaybeNextTime wrote:

...maybe I should have known better?!(is this usual this time of year?

Depends on which trees.

Happy Holidays to you too!

You can see from the hydrograph:

Priest Rapids hydrograph

the flow varies a lot. With the cold weather, electrical demands are pretty high so they're often running a lot of water through the dams. It's worth checking the flow before heading to Ringold if you're banking it.

Thank you Starfish for the web site:

Question: do you know the optimum flows to fish the bank at Ringold? The fluctuations can be extreme. Also, is there a time lag for the flow to reach Ringold? It is a few miles below Ringold...

There's about a 4 hour lag on rising water and maybe as much as five on dropping water between Priest Rapids and Ringold. I don't do a lot of bank fishing but I generally prefer low water (40K to 75Kcfs) for bank fishing just because it's easier access. You can still catch fish in high water and in fact for boat fishing I kind of prefer it high.

i'm gonna go look it over in the morning,i will post tommorow afternoon what i see or catch,i just picked up an old lamiglas 8foot s glass does any one know anything about them for some reason i really like the feel of it but have yet to try it out

just got back from ringold waters not up too high parking lots not covered