Skagit River (Mount Vernon)

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

Right now

7,790cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +0.3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp55.9°F

Stage11.21 ft

Engine callGO 7790 cfs in the wade band · 56°F

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 12200500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Skagit River (Mount Vernon) is a freestone river in Washington, fished for salmon. 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.

salmon

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

Access

Sedro-Woolley Riverfront Park Boat Launchramp
Roger 'Gus' Tjeerdsma Boat Launchramp
Johnsons Barwalk in
Young's Barwalk in
Edgewater Park Boat Rampramp
Spudhouse (WDFW) Boat Launchramp
Conway Boat Launchramp
Skagit Wildlife Area Boat Launchramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Skagit 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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