tailwater · trout

Gunnison River (below Gunnison Tunnel)

Live conditions for Gunnison River (below Gunnison Tunnel): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

209cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 209 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage1.42 ft

Engine callOFF 209 cfs outside wade band 250–600

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 09128000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Gunnison River (below Gunnison Tunnel) is a tailwater in Colorado, fished for trout — brown, rainbow. 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

East Portal (Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP)walk in
Chukar Trailhead / Chukar Boat Launchcarry
Bobcat Trail river accesswalk in
Duncan Trail river accesswalk in
Ute Trail / Ute Park river accesswalk in
Gunnison Forks Day-Use Recreation Siteramp
Gunnison River Pleasure Parkramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Gunnison 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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