freestone river · smallmouth bass · catfish · redeye bass
Root River (Houston)
Live conditions for Root River (Houston): the gauge, the water temperature, the trend, and what the water is doing today — read the way a guide reads it.
Right now
1,200cfs→ highnot now
Too high to wade safely at 1200 cfs · -0.8% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage4.55 ft
Engine callOFF 1200 cfs outside wade band 350–900
The water
Root River (Houston) is a freestone river in Minnesota, fished for smallmouth bass, catfish, redeye bass. 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.
smallmouth basscatfishredeye bass
Wade and float bands in cfs, the safety notes and the 14-day trend are on the signed-in river page.
Access
- Moen's Bridge Access (Co. Rd. 21)carry
- Hwy 16 Access (Lanesboro to Whalan)carry
- Lanesboro Dam Tailwater Accesswalk in
- Whalan Carry-in Accesscarry
- Peterson Carry-in Canoe Accesscarry
- City of Rushford Carry-in Accesscarry
- Vinegar Ridge Recreation Area River Accesscarry
- Houston Landing / Nature Center Accesscarry
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.