muskalungee  06/08/2008 - 13:05    Steve, I sent you a PM.

Muskalungeeeeeeee!
-Mike

jackson  06/08/2008 - 03:54    Steve, I'm not an expert at these gauges,but the number basically means feet of water flowing at any given given gauge and location. In other words there is 3 feet 4 inches of water height at the Jug Bridge /Monacacy gauge at the particular time you checked the gauge. The link at the top of MDfishing.org home page will give you approx. a 4 day history of what the river is doing as far as water height. Depending on what time you read this post you can see where the river spiked way up over 6 feet after the Thursday afternoon thunder storms and now has settled down to almost 3 feet. This does not mean the whole river is at 3 feet, but only at this gauge. You need to build a history of what this gauge is reading and compare it to the sections of river to where you normally fish. As you will see it does not take much of a rainfall at times to raise the river quickly not to mention muddy. By the way I believe Monacacy means muddy river! You will soon build enough history to know what "normal" river flow/height is for your area(s). Steve, also check out the link, and go to " Monacacy Water Trail Maps" for additional information. The biggest thing to remember is to be very careful along the river after a heavy rainfall and when flowing high and muddy. Hope this helps some. Jack. Good Luck, Jackson!!