Trinity River (Lewiston)

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

Right now

478cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · +3% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp50.7°F

Stage4.88 ft

Engine callGO 478 cfs in the wade band · 51°F

Gauge read 7:30 AM CDT · USGS 11525655. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Trinity River (Lewiston) is a tailwater below Lewiston Dam in California, fished for steelhead, salmon. On dam-controlled water the generation schedule is the whole story: the wade window is the no-generation block, and rising water at the gauge means the pulse is arriving.

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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

Lewiston Dam / Fly-Fishing-Only Waterwalk in
Old Lewiston Bridge (Old Bridge River Access)carry
Cemetery Hole River Accesswalk in
Rush Creek River Accesswalk in
Bucktail Hole (Bucktail River Access / BTAF)ramp
Poker Bar Bridgesbridge
Steel Bridge River Access / Campgroundcarry
Indian Creek River Accesswalk in

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Trinity 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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