Smith River (Crescent City)

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

Right now

214cfs→ lowcaution

Low and skinny at 214 cfs — wadeable, fish the deeper holding water · 0% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage4.33 ft

Engine callOFF 214 cfs outside wade band 1500–4000

Gauge read 7:45 AM CDT · USGS 11532500. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Smith River (Crescent City) is a freestone river in California, fished for salmon, steelhead, trout — cutthroat, rainbow. 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.

salmonsteelheadtroutcutthroat troutrainbow trout

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

Access

Margie's River Accesswalk in
Forks River Access & Boat Rampramp
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park Boat Rampsramp
Highway 199 Bridge (Hiouchi Bridge / Society Hole)bridge
Ruby Van Deventer County Parkwalk in
Henry Hole (North Bank Road Access)walk in
Highway 101 Bridge (Dr. Fine Bridge) / Pump Holebridge
Del Norte County Boat Ramp (Saxton Boat Ramp / Smith River Public Fishing Access)ramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Smith 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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