What a difference a day makes

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Water levels in the Snake River will rise and fall in some sections due to local tributary streams, especially if the streams are in the upper end of the North Fork of the Snake River. Warm River and the Teton River and the Portneuf River near Pocatello can have some effect. However, the dams on the North and South Forks and main Snake River have pretty much controlled flooding from historical springtime rises in the Snake from melting snows. You may have been fishing somewhere close to a tributary stream to the Snake River. The Bureau of Reclamation, a arm of the Federal Government regulates stream flows of the Snake River for flood control, irrigation and electricity generation. The first two greatly determine the quantity or volume of water released through the dams and does affect both spawning and fishing quality in the river. As a general rule, water levels in the Snake River, especially the upper part down to the Columbia River are higher in the Spring, lower mid summer and lowest in the Fall as water is beginning to be stored in the reservoirs for the next irrigation season.

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