freestone river · trout

Oak Creek (Sedona)

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

Right now

37cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low.

Water temp59.7°F

Stage2.27 ft

Clarityslight stain 12.8 FNU

Engine callGO 37 cfs in the wade band · 60°F

Gauge read 7:45 AM CDT · USGS 09504420. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Oak Creek (Sedona) is a freestone river in Arizona, fished for trout — rainbow, brown. 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.

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

Access

Sterling Springs Hatchery Boundary (upper C&R limit)walk in
Pine Flat Campgroundwalk in
Cave Springs Campgroundwalk in
Call of the Canyon / West Fork Trailheadwalk in
Bootlegger Picnic Areawalk in
Slide Rock State Parkwalk in
Manzanita Campgroundwalk in
Banjo Bill Picnic Areawalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Oak Creek.

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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