Is the river fishable today?
Plain-language conditions for 129 Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana rivers. Each gauge's current flow is compared with its own history for this time of year, then labelled Fishable/Floatable, High but doable, Use caution, Blown out, or Too low.
Updated Oct 24, 2:37 PM PDT · USGS data, provisional
74Fishable/Floatable3High but doable2Use caution50Too low
| Big Wood Riverat Hailey (total flow) · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 214 cfs |
| Boise Rivernear Twin Springs · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 416 cfs |
| Boise Riverat Glenwood Bridge, near Boise · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 225 cfs |
| Clearwater Riverat Spalding · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 3,200 cfs |
| Henrys Forknear Island Park · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 91.9 cfs |
| Henrys Forknear Ashton · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 804 cfs |
| Henrys Forkat St. Anthony · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 1,370 cfs |
| Lochsa Rivernear Lowell · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 421 cfs |
| Middle Fork Salmon Riverat Middle Fork Lodge, near Yellow Pine · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 591 cfs |
| North Fork Payette Rivernear Banks · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 267 cfs |
| Salmon Riverat Salmon · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 1,320 cfs |
| Salmon Rivernear Shoup · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 2,010 cfs |
| Salmon Riverat White Bird · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 4,040 cfs |
| Silver Creekat Sportsman Access, near Picabo · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 100 cfs |
| Snake Rivernear Irwin · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 1,420 cfs |
| South Fork Boise Riverat Anderson Ranch Dam · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 295 cfs |
| South Fork Clearwater Riverat Stites · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 246 cfs |
| St. Joe Riverat Calder · ID | Fishable/Floatable | 376 cfs |
| Beaverhead Riverat Dillon · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 159 cfs |
| Beaverhead Rivernear Twin Bridges · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 290 cfs |
| Bighorn Riverbelow Yellowtail Afterbay Dam, near St. Xavier · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 1,780 cfs |
| Bitterroot Rivernear Darby · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 307 cfs |
| Bitterroot Rivernear Missoula · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 899 cfs |
| Clark Forkbelow Missoula · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 2,700 cfs |
| Clark Forknear Plains · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 10,200 cfs |
| Flathead Riverat Columbia Falls · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 3,620 cfs |
| Gallatin Rivernear Gallatin Gateway · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 419 cfs |
| Gallatin Riverat Logan · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 756 cfs |
| Kootenai Riverbelow Libby Dam, near Libby · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 4,240 cfs |
| Madison Rivernear West Yellowstone · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 356 cfs |
| Madison Rivernear Cameron · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 994 cfs |
| Madison Riverbelow Ennis Lake, near McAllister · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 1,410 cfs |
| Middle Fork Flathead Rivernear West Glacier · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 510 cfs |
| Missouri Riverat Toston · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 3,720 cfs |
| Missouri Riverbelow Holter Dam, near Wolf Creek · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 3,150 cfs |
| Missouri Riverat Fort Benton · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 4,690 cfs |
| Smith Rivernear Eden · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 149 cfs |
| Stillwater Rivernear Absarokee · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 435 cfs |
| Yellowstone Riverat Corwin Springs · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 1,250 cfs |
| Yellowstone Rivernear Livingston · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 1,630 cfs |
| Yellowstone Riverat Billings · MT | Fishable/Floatable | 3,110 cfs |
| Applegate Rivernear Applegate · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 116 cfs |
| Crooked Riverbelow Opal Springs, near Culver · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,280 cfs |
| Deschutes Rivernear Madras · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 3,790 cfs |
| Deschutes Riverat Moody, near Biggs · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 4,350 cfs |
| Grande Ronde Riverat Troy · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 719 cfs |
| McKenzie Rivernear Vida · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,630 cfs |
| McKenzie Riverbelow Leaburg Dam, near Leaburg · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,640 cfs |
| Metolius Rivernear Grandview · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,190 cfs |
| Minam Riverat Minam · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 77.2 cfs |
| North Fork John Day Riverat Monument · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 119 cfs |
| North Santiam Riverat Niagara · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,230 cfs |
| Rogue Riverat Grants Pass · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,150 cfs |
| Rogue Rivernear Agness · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,430 cfs |
| Rogue Riverat Raygold, near Central Point · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,150 cfs |
| South Fork McKenzie Rivernear Rainbow · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 395 cfs |
| South Santiam Riverat Waterloo · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 1,150 cfs |
| Umatilla Rivernear Umatilla · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 210 cfs |
| Willamette Riverat Salem · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 6,910 cfs |
| Williamson Riverbelow Sprague River, near Chiloquin · OR | Fishable/Floatable | 533 cfs |
| Cedar Rivernear Landsburg · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 359 cfs |
| Chehalis Rivernear Grand Mound · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 243 cfs |
| Cowlitz Riverat Castle Rock · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 4,150 cfs |
| Green Rivernear Auburn · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 419 cfs |
| Klickitat Rivernear Pitt · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 596 cfs |
| Lewis Riverat Ariel · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 2,550 cfs |
| Methow Riverat Winthrop · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 206 cfs |
| Skagit Riverat Marblemount · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 3,470 cfs |
| Skagit Rivernear Mount Vernon · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 6,940 cfs |
| Skokomish Rivernear Potlatch · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 327 cfs |
| Toutle Riverat Tower Road, near Silver Lake · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 469 cfs |
| Walla Walla Rivernear Touchet · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 81.5 cfs |
| Yakima Riverat Umtanum · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 647 cfs |
| Yakima Riverat Kiona · WA | Fishable/Floatable | 2,010 cfs |
| Big Hole Rivernear Melrose · MT | High but doable | 657 cfs |
| Blackfoot Rivernear Bonner · MT | High but doable | 734 cfs |
| Clark Forkabove Missoula · MT | High but doable | 1,960 cfs |
| Big Hole Riverbelow Big Lake Creek, at Wisdom · MT | Use caution | 308 cfs |
| Rock Creeknear Clinton · MT | Use caution | 480 cfs |
| Coeur d'Alene Rivernear Cataldo · ID | Too low | 279 cfs |
| Snake Rivernear Heise · ID | Too low | 2,040 cfs |
| Snake Riverat Neeley · ID | Too low | 263 cfs |
| Yaak Rivernear Troy · MT | Too low | 87.4 cfs |
| Alsea Rivernear Tidewater · OR | Too low | 64.9 cfs |
| Chetco Rivernear Brookings · OR | Too low | 53.9 cfs |
| Clackamas Riverat Estacada · OR | Too low | 625 cfs |
| Clackamas Riverabove Three Lynx Creek · OR | Too low | 588 cfs |
| Hood Riverat Tucker Bridge, near Hood River · OR | Too low | 234 cfs |
| Illinois Rivernear Kerby · OR | Too low | 35.3 cfs |
| John Day Riverat McDonald Ferry · OR | Too low | 210 cfs |
| Middle Fork Willamette Rivernear Dexter · OR | Too low | 1,240 cfs |
| Molalla Rivernear Canby · OR | Too low | 53.0 cfs |
| Nehalem Rivernear Foss · OR | Too low | 90.4 cfs |
| Nestucca Rivernear Beaver · OR | Too low | 66.8 cfs |
| North Umpqua Riverat Winchester · OR | Too low | 752 cfs |
| Sandy Rivernear Marmot · OR | Too low | 198 cfs |
| Sandy Riverbelow Bull Run River, near Bull Run · OR | Too low | 266 cfs |
| Siletz Riverat Siletz · OR | Too low | 60.5 cfs |
| Siuslaw Rivernear Mapleton · OR | Too low | 73.3 cfs |
| South Fork Coquille Riverat Powers · OR | Too low | 14.5 cfs |
| South Umpqua Rivernear Brockway · OR | Too low | 98.4 cfs |
| Umpqua Rivernear Elkton · OR | Too low | 962 cfs |
| Wilson Rivernear Tillamook · OR | Too low | 60.9 cfs |
| Bogachiel Rivernear Forks · WA | Too low | 119 cfs |
| Calawah Rivernear Forks · WA | Too low | 95.4 cfs |
| Cascade Riverat Marblemount · WA | Too low | 150 cfs |
| Cowlitz Riverat Packwood · WA | Too low | 242 cfs |
| Dungeness Rivernear Sequim · WA | Too low | 60.4 cfs |
| Elwha Riverat McDonald Bridge, near Port Angeles · WA | Too low | 185 cfs |
| Hoh Riverat US Highway 101, near Forks · WA | Too low | 305 cfs |
| Icicle Creekabove Snow Creek, near Leavenworth · WA | Too low | 70.5 cfs |
| Methow Rivernear Pateros · WA | Too low | 313 cfs |
| Nisqually Rivernear National · WA | Too low | 133 cfs |
| Nooksack Riverat Ferndale · WA | Too low | 405 cfs |
| North Fork Skokomish Riverbelow Staircase Rapids, near Hoodsport · WA | Too low | 46.2 cfs |
| North Fork Stillaguamish Rivernear Arlington · WA | Too low | 177 cfs |
| Okanogan Rivernear Tonasket · WA | Too low | 479 cfs |
| Puyallup Riverat Puyallup · WA | Too low | 757 cfs |
| Queets Rivernear Clearwater · WA | Too low | 542 cfs |
| Quinault Riverat Quinault Lake · WA | Too low | 372 cfs |
| Sauk Rivernear Sauk · WA | Too low | 634 cfs |
| Skykomish Rivernear Gold Bar · WA | Too low | 398 cfs |
| Snoqualmie Rivernear Carnation · WA | Too low | 451 cfs |
| Snoqualmie Rivernear Snoqualmie · WA | Too low | 376 cfs |
| Spokane Riverat Spokane · WA | Too low | 1,400 cfs |
| Stehekin Riverat Stehekin · WA | Too low | 230 cfs |
| Wenatchee Riverat Peshastin · WA | Too low | 304 cfs |
| White Salmon Rivernear Underwood · WA | Too low | 399 cfs |
| Wynoochee Riverabove Save Creek, near Aberdeen · WA | Too low | 190 cfs |
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Data from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Readings are provisional and subject to revision. Flowcast statuses are automated comparisons with each gauge's own history, not safety ratings or fishing reports. Check local conditions, weather, regulations and closures before you go. Rivers can change quickly.