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Skykomish River (Gold Bar)

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

Right now

719cfs→ lowcaution
Low and skinny at 719 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · -2.8% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp54.0°F
Stage4.73 ft
Engine callOFF 719 cfs outside wade band 1500–4000
Gauge read 7:30 AM CDT · USGS 12134500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Skykomish River (Gold Bar) is a freestone river in Washington, fished for steelhead, 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.
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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

  • Reiter Ponds Accesswalk in
  • High Bridge (Hwy 2 Bridge) Accesscarry
  • Big Eddy Water Access Arearamp
  • Simmons Accesswalk in
  • Mouth of Wallace River Accesswalk in
  • Sultan Sportsman Parkramp
  • Cracker Barwalk in
  • Ben Howard Road Boat Launchramp
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.