North Fork South Branch Potomac (Cabins)

Live conditions for North Fork South Branch Potomac (Cabins): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.

Right now

223cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage4.18 ft

Engine callGO 223 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 01606500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

North Fork South Branch Potomac (Cabins) is a freestone river in West Virginia, fished for trout, smallmouth bass — 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.

troutsmallmouth bassrainbow 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

Judy Gap Put-in / Roadside Accesscarry
Riverton Accesscarry
Seneca Rocks Visitor Center / North Fork C&R Lotwalk in
Hopeville Canyon Pull-off (~8 mi N of Seneca Rocks)walk in
WV Route 28 Roadside Pull-offs (mid-stretch)walk in
Smoke Hole Road Bridge (Cabins)bridge
Cabins – Corners Rd Accesswalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to North Fork South Branch Potomac.

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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