West Virginia fishing waters
25 gauged waters across West Virginia — 22 rivers and 3 lakes and reservoirs, with flow read straight from their USGS gauges.
- Gauged waters
- 25
- Reporting now
- 24/24
- With water temp
- 19
- With a full guide
- 4
live gauges
of 25
Full guides
Waters we have written up
Greenbrier River
722 words · 5 species
Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, Spotted Bass, Muskellunge, Rainbow Trout
Elk River
871 words · 6 species
Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye
Gauley River
732 words · 5 species
Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
Cheat River
766 words · 5 species
Smallmouth Bass, Muskellunge, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Rock Bass
Live conditions
Flowing right now in West Virginia
All 25 waters · live readings for the top 25
| Water | Type | Drainage | Flow / level | Temp | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha River2 gauges | river | 10,463 sq mi | 5,610 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| New River2 gauges | river | 6,752 sq mi | 1,940 cfs | 67°F | 39 min ago |
| Greenbrier River4 gauges | river | 1,623 sq mi | 229 cfs | — | 39 min ago |
| Elk River5 gauges | river | 1,532 sq mi | 375 cfs | 65°F | 14 min ago |
| Little Kanawha River4 gauges | river | 1,516 sq mi | 250 cfs | 64°F | 24 min ago |
| South Branch Potomac River4 gauges | river | 1,461 sq mi | 178 cfs | 63°F | 54 min ago |
| Tygart Valley River6 gauges | river | 1,367 sq mi | 861 cfs | 64°F | 1h ago |
| Gauley River3 gauges | river | 1,316 sq mi | 2,640 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| Tug Fork4 gauges | river | 1,277 sq mi | 229 cfs | 68°F | 24 min ago |
| Cheat River3 gauges | river | 1,046 sq mi | 504 cfs | 61°F | 39 min ago |
| Potomac River1 gauge | river | 5,955 sq mi | 1,160 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Shenandoah River1 gauge | river | 3,041 sq mi | 495 cfs | 42°F | 54 min ago |
| West Fork River4 gauges | river | 759 sq mi | 617 cfs | 61°F | 1h ago |
| Bluestone Lake1 gauge | lake | 4,608 sq mi | 1,410.3ft | — | 24 min ago |
| Cheat Lake1 gauge | lake | 1,411 sq mi | 868.4ft | 50°F | 24 min ago |
| Coal River1 gauge | river | 858 sq mi | 201 cfs | 63°F | 9 min ago |
| Guyandotte River4 gauges | river | 833 sq mi | 148 cfs | — | 24 min ago |
| Cacapon River1 gauge | river | 675 sq mi | 67.0 cfs | 62°F | 54 min ago |
| Middle Island Creek2 gauges | river | 459 sq mi | 47.8 cfs | 62°F | 54 min ago |
| Bluestone River2 gauges | river | 395 sq mi | 63.3 cfs | 59°F | 24 min ago |
| Buckhannon River3 gauges | river | 277 sq mi | 141 cfs | — | 39 min ago |
| North Branch Potomac River1 gauge | river | 266 sq mi | 288 cfs | 57°F | 59 min ago |
| Shavers Fork2 gauges | river | 150 sq mi | 92.4 cfs | — | 54 min ago |
| Knapp Creek1 gauge | river | 103 sq mi | 8.6 cfs | 56°F | 9 min ago |
| Tygart Lake1 gauge | lake | 1,182 sq mi | not reporting | — | — |
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.
4 of these waters have a full written guide so far. The rest are live data only.