freestone river · trout
Portneuf River
Live conditions for Portneuf River: the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
33cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 33 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water.
Water temp—
Stage4.93 ft
Engine callOFF 33 cfs outside wade band 60–400
The water
Portneuf River is a freestone river in Idaho, fished for trout — cutthroat, 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.
troutcutthroat 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
- Portneuf - Upper Fishing Access (IDFG)walk in
- Kelly-Toponce Road steel bridgebridge
- Pebble Area Bridgebridge
- Old Highway 30 bank pull-outs (above Lava)walk in
- East Main Street Bridge, Lava Hot Springsbridge
- Lava Hot Springs City Park / East Park footbridgewalk in
- Center Street Bridge, Lava Hot Springsbridge
- Lower Portneuf (Byington Place) Fishing Accesswalk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.