freestone river · smallmouth bass · walleye · catfish

Maquoketa River (Manchester)

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

Right now

1,830cfs↘ fallingnot now

Too high to wade safely at 1830 cfs · -12.9% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage9.19 ft

Engine callOFF 1930 cfs outside wade band 50–250

Gauge read 8:15 AM CDT · USGS 05416900. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Maquoketa River (Manchester) is a freestone river in Iowa, fished for smallmouth bass, 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 basswalleyecatfish

Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.

Access

Backbone Dam Accesscarry
Backbone State Park River Accesscarry
Dundee Accesscarry
Lindsey Bridge Accesscarry
Quaker Mill Dam Accesscarry
Tirrill Parkcarry
Howard & Helen Shelly Memorial Park / Manchester Whitewater Park Accesscarry
Schram Park River Accessramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Maquoketa 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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