tailwater · trout · whitefish
Crooked River (Opal Springs — lower canyon)
Live conditions for Crooked River (Opal Springs — lower canyon): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
1,300cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · +2.4% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp54.9°F
Stage1.97 ft
Engine callOFF 1190 cfs outside wade band 1230–1450
The water
Crooked River (Opal Springs — lower canyon) is a tailwater in Bend, fished for trout, whitefish — rainbow, bull. 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.
troutwhitefishrainbow troutbull trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Crooked River Ranch access (Hollywood Road/Chinook Dr)carry
- Otter Bench - Lone Pine Trail river accesswalk in
- Otter Bench - Pink Trail river accesswalk in
- Opal Springs Dam tailwater accesswalk in
- Crooked River lower-canyon bridge accessbridge
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.