freestone river · trout
South Fork Root River (Houston)
Live conditions for South Fork 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
212cfs→ lowfishable
Inside the wade band, stable low · 0% over the last 6 hours.
Water temp—
Stage2.24 ft
Engine callGO 215 cfs in the wade band
The water
South Fork Root River (Houston) is a freestone river in Minnesota, fished for trout — brown, rainbow, 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.
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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
- Choice WMA – South Fork Root River accesswalk in
- South Fork Root River – Hwy 249 bridge (Reach 4 upper boundary)bridge
- South Fork Root River & Wisel Creek Trout Fishing Easement (Deer Rd/CR 12 parking)walk in
- South Fork Root River – Freeburg road bridgebridge
- County Road 12 bridge crossingbridge
- South Fork Root River & Wisel Creek State Trout Fishing Easementwalk in
- Yucatan WMA river-bluff accesswalk in
- R-3 Impoundment tailwater (dam below reservoir)walk in
Directions to the put-in or wade access ride on every briefing.