freestone river · catfish

Niobrara River (Sparks)

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

Right now

598cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -1.5% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp56.8°F

Stage2.59 ft

Clarityslight stain 11.2 FNU

Engine callGO 607 cfs in the wade band · 58°F

Gauge read 7:45 AM CDT · USGS 06461500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Niobrara River (Sparks) is a freestone river in Nebraska, fished for 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.

catfish

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

Access

Borman Bridge / Borman Bridge WMAbridge
Fort Niobrara NWR Launch (Cornell Bridge)ramp
Smith Falls State Park Landing (near Allen/Bell Bridge)carry
Brewer Bridge Landingcarry
Rocky Fordwalk in
Norden Bridgebridge
Meadville Bridgebridge
Nebraska Highway 183 Bridgebridge

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Niobrara 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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