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Bob Winkelmann's Fishing Guide Service

Bob Winkelmann's Fishing Guide Service

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Bob Winkelmann's Fishing Guide Service is a fishing charter and guide service based in Springfield, NE. They offer full-day and half-day (four-hour) trips, and all tackle is provided.

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half-day, full-day

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Typical flow by month

1953 to 2026

The water at Bob Winkelmann's Fishing Guide Service typically runs highest in March, at a median 8,230 cfs, and lowest in August, at 3,280 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 219,000 cfs, in 2019.

Typical flow by month at Platte River at Louisville, Nebr., in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January4,4003,100 to 6,590
February6,4004,530 to 9,120
March8,2306,380 to 11,700
April7,7555,880 to 11,200
May7,8005,300 to 11,700
June8,1154,960 to 15,200
July4,7102,300 to 7,490
August3,2801,690 to 6,090
September3,6352,030 to 6,315
October4,4503,020 to 7,260
November5,2453,940 to 7,450
December4,9703,410 to 6,840

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 73 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Platte River at Louisville, Nebr. (site 06805500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

90Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Wed, Sep 23 (93)

Streamflow

5,320 cfs

Normal (63rd)

Water level

3.44 ft

Water

67°F

High today

64°F

Wind

9 kt

Gusts 14 kt

Rain chance

5%

Week ahead

Tue64°F5%
Wed68°F3%
Thu62°F56%
Fri66°F72%
Sat78°F70%
Sun82°F15%
Mon83°F35%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

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