Snowpack Report - April Update
Sean Visintainer - 04/11/23
Snowpack is looking good
Late winter and early spring precipitation has helped out the snowpack across the WA / ID / MT region. Overall things are looking good for most watersheds. Our main rivers that most regional anglers fish... NF Coeur d'Alene River, St. Joe River, Spokane River, and Clark Fork River are all in good shape. The Kootenai River would be the one that stands out with the least amount of snowpack.
The big questions are, how fast will it warm up this spring and will we get any more precipitation over the summer? If spring temps warm up considerably, in particular the night time temps, well then runoff will come off quickly and the snowpack will dwindle fast. Fingers crossed the overnight temps stay colder and keep the spring melt in check.
While we may be knocking on runoff's door, there are generally windows of opportunity to fish the rivers between bumps in flows. Just keep an eye on our fishing reports page, it's updated weekly!
Here's the latest snotel reports:
