Washington fishing waters
51 gauged waters across Washington — 44 rivers and 7 lakes and reservoirs, with flow read straight from their USGS gauges.
- Gauged waters
- 51
- Reporting now
- 39/40
- With water temp
- 28
- With a full guide
- 13
live gauges
of 51
Full guides
Waters we have written up
Yakima River
451 words · 3 species
Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat, Mountain Whitefish
Skagit River
884 words · 6 species
Steelhead, Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, Bull Trout, Pink Salmon
Wenatchee River
453 words · 3 species
Sockeye Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Summer Steelhead
Klickitat River
768 words · 4 species
Summer Steelhead, Rainbow Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Chinook Salmon
Cowlitz River
758 words · 4 species
Steelhead, Coho Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Cutthroat Trout
Methow River
626 words · 5 species
Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout, Summer Steelhead, Mountain Whitefish
Chehalis River
706 words · 5 species
Coho Salmon, Fall Chinook Salmon, Chum Salmon, Steelhead, Coastal Cutthroat Trout
Nooksack River
761 words · 5 species
Coho Salmon, Chum Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Pink Salmon, Steelhead
Sauk River
712 words · 5 species
Winter Steelhead, Dolly Varden, Bull Trout, Rainbow Trout, Cutthroat Trout
Cedar River
712 words · 5 species
Rainbow Trout, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Sockeye Salmon, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
Snohomish River
711 words · 5 species
Coho Salmon, Dolly Varden, Bull Trout, Cutthroat Trout, White Sturgeon
Skykomish River
563 words · 7 species
Winter Steelhead, Summer Steelhead, Coho Salmon, Pink Salmon, Chum Salmon, Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Bull Trout
Wind River
703 words · 5 species
Summer Steelhead, Winter Steelhead, Spring Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon, Cutthroat Trout
Live conditions
Flowing right now in Washington
All 51 waters · live readings for the top 40
| Water | Type | Drainage | Flow / level | Temp | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okanogan River3 gauges | river | 8,080 sq mi | 531 cfs | 54°F | 35 min ago |
| Yakima River4 gauges | river | 5,615 sq mi | 1,210 cfs | 57°F | 50 min ago |
| Columbia River3 gauges | river | 241,000 sq mi | 128,000 cfs | — | 20 min ago |
| Snake River1 gauge | river | 92,960 sq mi | 12,500 cfs | 42°F | 1h ago |
| Pend Oreille River2 gauges | river | 25,200 sq mi | 14,200 cfs | 59°F | 11d ago |
| Spokane River3 gauges | river | 5,220 sq mi | 1,590 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Skagit River5 gauges | river | 3,093 sq mi | 7,140 cfs | 53°F | 20 min ago |
| Wenatchee River3 gauges | river | 1,301 sq mi | 453 cfs | 51°F | 50 min ago |
| Klickitat River3 gauges | river | 1,297 sq mi | 617 cfs | — | 20 min ago |
| Franklin Roosevelt Lake1 gauge | lake | 74,700 sq mi | 1,286.5ft | — | 12d ago |
| Crab Creek4 gauges | river | 4,840 sq mi | 188 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Similkameen River1 gauge | river | 3,550 sq mi | 253 cfs | 51°F | 50 min ago |
| Cowlitz River5 gauges | river | 2,238 sq mi | 4,040 cfs | — | 50 min ago |
| Methow River4 gauges | river | 1,772 sq mi | 317 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Chehalis River4 gauges | river | 1,294 sq mi | 372 cfs | — | 35 min ago |
| Nooksack River4 gauges | river | 786 sq mi | 615 cfs | 51°F | 50 min ago |
| Sauk River3 gauges | river | 714 sq mi | 739 cfs | 49°F | 20 min ago |
| White River5 gauges | river | 475 sq mi | 408 cfs | — | 6220d ago |
| Cedar River5 gauges | river | 184 sq mi | 323 cfs | 51°F | 1h ago |
| North Fork Skokomish River3 gauges | river | 117 sq mi | 163 cfs | — | 50 min ago |
| Kettle River2 gauges | river | 3,800 sq mi | 283 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Osoyoos Lake1 gauge | lake | 3,132 sq mi | 910.9ft | 59°F | 35 min ago |
| Moses Lake1 gauge | lake | 3,080 sq mi | 1,046.7ft | — | 20 min ago |
| Palouse River1 gauge | river | 2,500 sq mi | 40.8 cfs | — | 50 min ago |
| Snohomish River2 gauges | river | 1,714 sq mi | 2,230 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Walla Walla River1 gauge | river | 1,657 sq mi | 31.0 cfs | — | 50 min ago |
| Colville River1 gauge | river | 1,007 sq mi | 61.1 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Puyallup River6 gauges | river | 948 sq mi | 867 cfs | — | 35 min ago |
| Sanpoil River1 gauge | river | 900 sq mi | 16.8 cfs | 47°F | 35 min ago |
| Stillaguamish River1 gauge | river | 662 sq mi | 1,470 cfs | 56°F | 3688d ago |
| Skykomish River1 gauge | river | 535 sq mi | 644 cfs | 50°F | 50 min ago |
| Nisqually River4 gauges | river | 517 sq mi | 624 cfs | — | 20 min ago |
| Duwamish River1 gauge | river | 461 sq mi | 521 cfs | 55°F | 35 min ago |
| Green River7 gauges | river | 451 sq mi | 338 cfs | — | 7d ago |
| Quinault River2 gauges | river | 412 sq mi | 695 cfs | 56°F | 1h ago |
| White Salmon River1 gauge | river | 386 sq mi | 399 cfs | — | 1h ago |
| Wind River1 gauge | river | 225 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Ruby Creek1 gauge | river | 206 sq mi | 70.7 cfs | 44°F | 35 min ago |
| Cascade River1 gauge | river | 172 sq mi | 189 cfs | 47°F | 35 min ago |
| Dungeness River1 gauge | river | 156 sq mi | 65.6 cfs | 44°F | 1h ago |
| Wynoochee River3 gauges | river | 155 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Calawah River1 gauge | river | 129 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| South Fork Nooksack River1 gauge | river | 129 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Skookumchuck River3 gauges | river | 112 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Bogachiel River1 gauge | river | 111 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| North Fork Nooksack River1 gauge | river | 105 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| South Fork Tolt River3 gauges | river | 30 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Boundary Reservoir1 gauge | lake | 25,200 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Gorge Reservoir1 gauge | lake | 1,159 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Diablo Reservoir1 gauge | lake | 1,125 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
| Lake Scanewa1 gauge | lake | 1,040 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
Live readings load here for the 40 best-gauged waters; every water’s own page shows its current numbers.
What is on this page
Every figure here comes from a USGS gauge on that water: discharge in cubic feet per second, and water temperature where the gauge measures it. A dash means it is not measured there, not that it is unknown.
13 of these waters have a full written guide so far. The rest are live data only.