freestone river · trout · whitefish
Middle Fork Payette River
Live conditions for Middle Fork Payette River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
86cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 86 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage5.44 ft
Engine callOFF 86 cfs outside wade band 100–350
The water
Middle Fork Payette River is a freestone river in Idaho, fished for trout, whitefish — rainbow, brook, bull, cutthroat. 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.
troutwhitefishrainbow troutbrook troutbull troutcutthroat trout
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Boiling Springs Campground Accesswalk in
- Rattlesnake Campground River Accesswalk in
- Hardscrabble Campground / Middle Fork Road Bridgecarry
- Tie Creek Campground Accesscarry
- Crouch Confluence Accesswalk in
- Danskin Station Boat Launchramp
- Smiths Ferry Accessramp
- Banks River Accessramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.