freestone river · trout

Au Sable River (Red Oak)

Live conditions for Au Sable River (Red Oak): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

1,270cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -0.8% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp58.5°F

Stage8.44 ft

Engine callGO 1280 cfs in the wade band · 58°F

Gauge read 7:15 AM CDT · USGS 04137005. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Au Sable River (Red Oak) is a freestone river in Michigan, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, 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.

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Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Mio Dam Tailwater Accessramp
Comins Flats Boat Accessramp
Unnamed State Forest River Accesscarry
Parmalee Bridge State Forest Campground & Canoe Landing (Red Oak)ramp
The Whirlpool Access (Cherry Creek Rd)carry
Unnamed bank access (Whirlpool bend)walk in
Unnamed bank access (below Whirlpool)carry
McKinley Landingramp

Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.

The briefing

Know before you drive to Au Sable River.

Every morning OUTFISH reads this gauge, the dam schedule, the water temperature, the sky and the tips library, and writes one plain-language call for the waters you track: go or stay home, wade or float, when to be on the water, where to put in, what to tie on — with directions.

Start free — 7 days of Guide

Signed in: the wade and float bands, the full hatch calendar, safety notes, the 14-day trend, shop reports and today's briefing for this water.

This month

Active in October:

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The full calendar by month, with notes, is on the signed-in river page.

Verify it yourself

The same sources the engine reads, straight from the agency:

USGS gauge ↗

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