freestone river · trout
Merced River (Yosemite Valley)
Live conditions for Merced River (Yosemite Valley): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
4cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 4 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp51.4°F
Stage0.62 ft
Engine callOFF 4 cfs outside wade band 50–250
The water
Merced River (Yosemite Valley) is a freestone river in California, fished for trout — rainbow, brown, brook. 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.
troutrainbow troutbrown troutbrook trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Happy Isleswalk in
- Stoneman Bridgebridge
- North Pines Campground beachwalk in
- Housekeeping Camp beach (west end)walk in
- Sentinel Bridgebridge
- Swinging Bridgebridge
- Sentinel Beach Picnic Areawalk in
- Cathedral Beachwalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.