
Musky & PikeDreamers Guide Service
Musky & PikeDreamers Guide Service is a fishing guide service based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. They offer fully guided fishing trips in Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois.
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Public land: USGS PAD-US
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2026
The water at Musky & PikeDreamers Guide Service typically runs highest in April, at a median 569 cfs, and lowest in September, at 82 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,650 cfs, in 2017.
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| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 172 | 92 to 350 |
| February | 195 | 90 to 417 |
| March | 537 | 355 to 675 |
| April | 569 | 279 to 901 |
| May | 314 | 162 to 753 |
| June | 211 | 127 to 375 |
| July | 144 | 81 to 387 |
| August | 95 | 65 to 169 |
| September | 82 | 58 to 142 |
| October | 86 | 57 to 228 |
| November | 113 | 78 to 244 |
| December | 170 | 76 to 292 |
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 17 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Des Plaines River at Lincolnshire, IL (site 05528100). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Current conditions
Today · Fri
74Go/ 100
CloudyHigh 46°F, low 34°FRain 0%Wind 13 kt, gusts 25
Streamflow
95 cfs
Normal (30th)
Water level
6.78 ft
Air quality
34 Good
NORTHBRK monitor, 15 km
National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage
Flood stage 12.5 ft. NWS reads 6.77 ft here.
NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.
Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Illinois EPA via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →
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