freestone river · trout
Mad River (Springfield)
Live conditions for Mad River (Springfield): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
301cfs→ highnot now
Too high to wade safely at 301 cfs · -4.1% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage6.52 ft
Engine callOFF 301 cfs outside wade band 100–250
The water
Mad River (Springfield) is a freestone river in Ohio, fished for trout — brown. 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
- Upper Valley Pike Bridge (Sullivan Rd/Mennonite Rd) Access – Mad River Mile 48.2bridge
- SR 29 Bridge Access – Mad River Mile 42.7bridge
- SR 55 Bridge Access – Mad River Mile 36.2bridge
- County Line Road Bridge Access – Mad River Mile 33.4bridge
- Eagle City Road Bridge Access – Mad River Mile 29.7bridge
- St. Paris Pike Bridge Access – Mad River Mile 28.8bridge
- SR 41 Bridge & First Street Launch (Forever Sports) – Mad River Mile 27.1ramp
- Mad River Gorge & Nature Preserve Access – Mad River Mile 24.4walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.