freestone river · walleye · smallmouth bass · catfish

Wisconsin River (Muscoda)

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

Right now

6,920cfs→ lowfishable

Inside the wade band, stable low · -1.8% over the last 6 hours.

Water temp—

Stage1.85 ft

Engine callGO 6960 cfs in the wade band

Gauge read 8:00 AM CDT · USGS 05407000. Readings refresh every few minutes.

The water

Wisconsin River (Muscoda) is a freestone river in Wisconsin, fished for walleye, smallmouth bass, catfish, pike, white bass. 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

Otter Creek Boat Landingramp
Highway 130 Bridgebridge
Gotham (Buena Vista/Lone Rock) Boat Landingramp
Victoria/Riverside Park Boat Landing (Muscoda)ramp
Muscoda Riverside Park Boat Landingramp
Muscoda Access (DNR Landing, west side Hwy 80)ramp
Port Andrew Boat Landingramp
Blue River Recreation Area Landingramp

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

The briefing

Know before you drive to Wisconsin 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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