freestone river · smallmouth bass · pike · walleye
Kankakee River (Momence)
Live conditions for Kankakee River (Momence): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
2,550cfs→ highnot now
Too high to wade safely at 2550 cfs · -1.2% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp62.1°F
Stage2.62 ft
Engine callOFF 2570 cfs outside wade band 700–1800
The water
Kankakee River (Momence) is a freestone river in Illinois, fished for smallmouth bass, pike, walleye, catfish. 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.
smallmouth basspikewalleyecatfish
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- State Line Road Boat Ramp (Kankakee River / LaSalle FWA)ramp
- Unnamed riverside camp access, IL Route 114 corridor (east of Momence)ramp
- River Isle Launchcarry
- Momence Public Launch (Boat Launch Park)ramp
- Momence Dam Portage / Island Parkwalk in
- Kankakee River access near Aroma Park/Kankakee (Bird Park–Beckman Park vicinity)ramp
- Aroma Park Public Launch (Potawatomi Park Boat Ramp)ramp
- Aroma Park Dam Breach accesswalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.
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