desperate measures guide service

desperate measures guide service is a fishing guide service based in Dameron, Maryland. The service operates seasonally from April to December.

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Fishing Types: Inshore Fishing, Bass Fishing, Trout Fishing

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Typical flow by month

1946 to 2026

The water at desperate measures guide service typically runs highest in March, at a median 24 cfs, and lowest in September, at 4.1 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,650 cfs, in 1999.

Typical flow by month at St Marys River at Great Mills, MD, in cfs
Month	Typical (cfs)	Usual range (cfs)
January	19	12 to 32
February	21	14 to 38
March	24	15 to 43
April	22	14 to 33
May	13	8.9 to 23
June	8.8	5.1 to 16
July	5.9	3.5 to 11
August	5.5	3.3 to 11
September	4.1	2.9 to 8.8
October	5.9	3.8 to 12
November	9.7	6.5 to 18
December	16	9.5 to 29

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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for St Marys River at Great Mills, MD (site 01661500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

72Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Mon, Sep 28 (94)

Waves

1.3 ft @ 3s

Wind

11 kt

Gusts 29 kt

Water

82°F

Air

75°F

Streamflow

16 cfs

Above normal (79th)

Water level

1.65 ft

Rain chance

36%

Forecast outlook

Thu1.3ft85°F

Fri0.5ft88°F

Sat2.0ft84°F

Sun2.0ft83°F

Mon1.5ft79°F

Tue0.3ft83°F

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

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