tailwater · trout · smallmouth bass · catfish
Bighorn River (Yellowtail Tailwater)
Live conditions for Bighorn River (Yellowtail Tailwater): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
1,830cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · +1.1% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage60.75 ft
Engine callGO 1810 cfs in the wade band
The water
Bighorn River (Yellowtail Tailwater) is a tailwater below Yellowtail Dam in Western Tailwaters, fished for trout, smallmouth bass, catfish — rainbow, brown. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.
troutsmallmouth basscatfishrainbow troutbrown trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Afterbay Dam River Launchramp
- Afterbay wade-in / carry-down accesscarry
- Three Mile (Lind) Accessramp
- Bighorn Fishing Access Site (13-Mile / Bighorn Access)ramp
- Mallard's Landing Fishing Access Siteramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.
More water in Western Tailwaters
Colorado River (Lees Ferry)Green River (Flaming Gorge)San Juan River (Navajo Tailwater)