tailwater · trout · smallmouth bass · redeye bass
Jackson River
Live conditions for Jackson River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
272cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · +7.1% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage4.83 ft
Engine callGO 266 cfs in the wade band
The water
Jackson River is a tailwater below Dunlap Creek in Virginia, fished for trout, smallmouth bass, redeye bass, panfish — 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 bassredeye basspanfishrainbow troutbrown trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Below Gathright Dam (Public Access Point #1)carry
- Johnson Springs (Access Point #2)carry
- Jack's Island (Access Point #3)walk in
- Smith Bridge (Access Point #4)carry
- Indian Draft (Access Point #5)carry
- Petticoat Junction (Access Point #6)carry
- Covington City Park Boat Rampramp
- Whitey's Boat Ramp (Route 18)ramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.