freestone river · smallmouth bass · trout · panfish
Ararat River
Live conditions for Ararat River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
78cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 78 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage0.78 ft
Engine callOFF 78 cfs outside wade band 150–400
The water
Ararat River is a freestone river in North Carolina, fished for smallmouth bass, trout, panfish, redeye bass — rainbow, brown, brook. On free-flowing water the trajectory is the story: falling and clearing after a bump is the window, rising water pushes fish to the banks and brings colour.
smallmouth basstroutpanfishredeye bassrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Ararat River Headwaters Access (SR bridge, upper reach)bridge
- Riverside Park (Ararat River Greenway)carry
- H.B. Rowe Environmental Park Accesscarry
- Tharrington Park Accesscarry
- 268 East Public Fishing Area (NCWRC)carry
- Yadkin Shore Accesscarry
- NC 268 Ararat River Accessramp
- Jessups Mill River Accesscarry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.